#C8353E#C8353E

#C8353E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.183 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8353E
RGB	rgb(200, 53, 62)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 57.72, 30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 65.09, 27.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.1694 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.183 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9649, 15.1773, 6.1188)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8353E #35C8BF

analogous

#C83587 #C8353E #C87635

triadic

#C8353E #3EC835 #353EC8

tetradic

#C8353E #87C835 #35C8BF #7635C8

square

#C8353E #87C835 #35C8BF #7635C8

split-complementary

#C8353E #35C876 #3587C8

monochromatic

#671B20 #98282F #C8353E #D6646B #E39599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#C8353E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C8353E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8353E

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8353E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8353E	1.00	5.20	4.03	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F593D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8353e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 53, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.183 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17773',
    500: '#c8353e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8353e;
$custom-light: #e17773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8353e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.327,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55578,
    "c": 0.18319,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8353E

secondary

#8BCECA

accent

#E1D846

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8353E

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

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