#C8342E#C8342E

#C8342E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.186 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8342E
RGB	rgb(200, 52, 46)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 77%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, 57.37, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 69.35, 34.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.27% 0.1649 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(55.27% 0.186 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5436, 14.9366, 4.1223)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8342E #2EC2C8

analogous

#C82E75 #C8342E #C8812E

triadic

#C8342E #2EC834 #342EC8

tetradic

#C8342E #75C82E #2EC2C8 #812EC8

square

#C8342E #75C82E #2EC2C8 #812EC8

split-complementary

#C8342E #2EC881 #2E75C8

monochromatic

#641A17 #962723 #C8342E #D95F5A #E58F8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#C8342E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#C8342E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8342E

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8342E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8342E	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61572C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8342e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 52, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.186 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27768',
    500: '#c8342e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8342e;
$custom-light: #e27768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8342e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.338,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55267,
    "c": 0.18587,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8342E

secondary

#83CCCF

accent

#DFE642

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8342E

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

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