#C8312D#C8312D

#C8312D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.188 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8312D
RGB	rgb(200, 49, 45)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 77.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 58.34, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 70.24, 33.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.99% 0.1677 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(54.99% 0.188 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3944, 14.6694, 3.9765)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8312D #2DC4C8

analogous

#C82D77 #C8312D #C87E2D

triadic

#C8312D #2DC831 #312DC8

tetradic

#C8312D #77C82D #2DC4C8 #7E2DC8

square

#C8312D #77C82D #2DC4C8 #7E2DC8

split-complementary

#C8312D #2DC87E #2D77C8

monochromatic

#641917 #962522 #C8312D #DA5C59 #E58D8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#C8312D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C8312D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8312D

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8312D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8312D	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8312d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 49, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.188 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27567',
    500: '#c8312d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8312d;
$custom-light: #e27567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8312d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.548,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54989,
    "c": 0.18841,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8312D

secondary

#82CDCF

accent

#E2E641

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8312D

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

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