#C8393D#C8393D

#C8393D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.180 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8393D
RGB	rgb(200, 57, 61)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 56.25, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 64.36, 29.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1645 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.18 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1277, 15.5464, 6.0390)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8393D #39C8C4

analogous

#C83984 #C8393D #C87D39

triadic

#C8393D #3DC839 #393DC8

tetradic

#C8393D #84C839 #39C8C4 #7D39C8

square

#C8393D #84C839 #39C8C4 #7D39C8

split-complementary

#C8393D #39C87D #3984C8

monochromatic

#691D1F #992B2E #C8393D #D5696C #E3999B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C8393D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C8393D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8393D

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8393D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8393D	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8393d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 57, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.180 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17972',
    500: '#c8393d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8393d;
$custom-light: #e17972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8393d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.322,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55944,
    "c": 0.17967,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8393D

secondary

#8FCECD

accent

#E0DC48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8393D

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

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