#C8302A#C8302A

#C8302A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.190 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8302A
RGB	rgb(200, 48, 42)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 79%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 58.56, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 71.27, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.1678 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.19 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2973, 14.5644, 3.6693)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8302A #2AC2C8

analogous

#C82A73 #C8302A #C87F2A

triadic

#C8302A #2AC830 #302AC8

tetradic

#C8302A #73C82A #2AC2C8 #7F2AC8

square

#C8302A #73C82A #2AC2C8 #7F2AC8

split-complementary

#C8302A #2AC87F #2A73C8

monochromatic

#631815 #95241F #C8302A #DB5954 #E68A87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#C8302A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#C8302A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8302A

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8302A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8302A	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8302a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 48, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.190 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27565',
    500: '#c8302a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8302a;
$custom-light: #e27565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8302a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.278,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5487,
    "c": 0.18957,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8302A

secondary

#7FCCCF

accent

#E2E840

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8302A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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