#C8393B#C8393B

#C8393B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.180 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8393B
RGB	rgb(200, 57, 59)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 56.16, 32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 64.84, 29.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1637 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.18 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0748, 15.5253, 5.7605)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8393B #39C8C6

analogous

#C83982 #C8393B #C87E39

triadic

#C8393B #3BC839 #393BC8

tetradic

#C8393B #82C839 #39C8C6 #7E39C8

square

#C8393B #82C839 #39C8C6 #7E39C8

split-complementary

#C8393B #39C87E #3982C8

monochromatic

#691D1E #992B2C #C8393B #D5696A #E3999A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C8393B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C8393B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8393B

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8393B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8393B	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)

#625A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8393b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 57, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.180 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17971',
    500: '#c8393b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8393b;
$custom-light: #e17971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8393b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.161,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55914,
    "c": 0.17989,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8393B

secondary

#8FCECD

accent

#E0DE48

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8393B

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

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