#C8312E#C8312E

#C8312E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.188 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8312E
RGB	rgb(200, 49, 46)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 77%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.19, 58.37, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.19, 69.97, 33.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.168 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.188 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4139, 14.6772, 4.0791)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8312E #2EC5C8

analogous

#C82E78 #C8312E #C87E2E

triadic

#C8312E #2EC831 #312EC8

tetradic

#C8312E #78C82E #2EC5C8 #7E2EC8

square

#C8312E #78C82E #2EC5C8 #7E2EC8

split-complementary

#C8312E #2EC87E #2E78C8

monochromatic

#641917 #962523 #C8312E #D95D5A #E58E8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#C8312E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C8312E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8312E

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8312E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8312E	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)

#5F562C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8312e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 49, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.188 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27567',
    500: '#c8312e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8312e;
$custom-light: #e27567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8312e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.169,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55001,
    "c": 0.18828,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8312E

secondary

#83CDCF

accent

#E2E642

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8312E

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

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