#C8342D#C8342D

#C8342D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.186 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8342D
RGB	rgb(200, 52, 45)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 77.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 57.34, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 69.63, 34.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.1645 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.186 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5241, 14.9288, 4.0197)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8342D #2DC1C8

analogous

#C82D73 #C8342D #C8822D

triadic

#C8342D #2DC834 #342DC8

tetradic

#C8342D #73C82D #2DC1C8 #822DC8

square

#C8342D #73C82D #2DC1C8 #822DC8

split-complementary

#C8342D #2DC882 #2D73C8

monochromatic

#641A17 #962722 #C8342D #DA5E59 #E58F8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#C8342D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#C8342D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8342D

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8342D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8342D	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61572B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8342d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 52, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.186 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27767',
    500: '#c8342d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8342d;
$custom-light: #e27767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8342d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.71,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55256,
    "c": 0.186,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8342D

secondary

#82CBCF

accent

#DFE641

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8342D

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

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