#C8393A#C8393A

#C8393A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.180 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8393A
RGB	rgb(200, 57, 58)
HSL	hsl(360, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(360, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 56.11, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 65.08, 30.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1634 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.18 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0492, 15.5150, 5.6252)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8393A #39C8C7

analogous

#C83982 #C8393A #C87F39

triadic

#C8393A #3AC839 #393AC8

tetradic

#C8393A #82C839 #39C8C7 #7F39C8

square

#C8393A #82C839 #39C8C7 #7F39C8

split-complementary

#C8393A #39C87F #3982C8

monochromatic

#691D1E #992B2B #C8393A #D5696A #E39999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C8393A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C8393A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8393A

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8393A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8393A	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8393a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 57, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.180 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17970',
    500: '#c8393a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8393a;
$custom-light: #e17970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8393a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.58,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55899,
    "c": 0.18001,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8393A

secondary

#8FCECE

accent

#E0DF48

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8393A

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

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