#C8312A#C8312A

#C8312A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.189 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8312A
RGB	rgb(200, 49, 42)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 79%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.15, 58.23, 40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.15, 71.07, 34.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.1668 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.189 28)
XYZ	xyz(25.3387, 14.6472, 3.6830)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8312A #2AC1C8

analogous

#C82A72 #C8312A #C8802A

triadic

#C8312A #2AC831 #312AC8

tetradic

#C8312A #72C82A #2AC1C8 #802AC8

square

#C8312A #72C82A #2AC1C8 #802AC8

split-complementary

#C8312A #2AC880 #2A72C8

monochromatic

#631815 #95251F #C8312A #DB5A54 #E68B87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#C8312A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C8312A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8312A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8312A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8312A	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8312a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 49, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.189 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27565',
    500: '#c8312a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8312a;
$custom-light: #e27565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8312a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.658,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54956,
    "c": 0.1888,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.14643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8312A

secondary

#7FCCCF

accent

#E1E840

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8312A

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

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