#C8353B#C8353B

#C8353B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.183 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8353B
RGB	rgb(200, 53, 59)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 57.58, 31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 65.77, 28.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.1683 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.183 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8848, 15.1453, 5.6972)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8353B #35C8C2

analogous

#C83585 #C8353B #C87935

triadic

#C8353B #3BC835 #353BC8

tetradic

#C8353B #85C835 #35C8C2 #7935C8

square

#C8353B #85C835 #35C8C2 #7935C8

split-complementary

#C8353B #35C879 #3585C8

monochromatic

#671B1E #98282D #C8353B #D66469 #E39598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C8353B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C8353B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8353B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8353B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8353B	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60583A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8353b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 53, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.183 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17771',
    500: '#c8353b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8353b;
$custom-light: #e17771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8353b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.551,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55532,
    "c": 0.18347,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8353B

secondary

#8BCECB

accent

#E1DB46

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8353B

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

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