#C8394E#C8394E

#C8394E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.179 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8394E
RGB	rgb(200, 57, 78)
HSL	hsl(351, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 57.23, 21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 61.10, 20.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.171 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.179 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6604, 15.7595, 8.8443)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8394E #39C8B3

analogous

#C83995 #C8394E #C86B39

triadic

#C8394E #4EC839 #394EC8

tetradic

#C8394E #95C839 #39C8B3 #6B39C8

square

#C8394E #95C839 #39C8B3 #6B39C8

split-complementary

#C8394E #39C86B #3995C8

monochromatic

#691D28 #992B3B #C8394E #D56979 #E399A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C8394E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C8394E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8394E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8394E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8394E	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84794A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8394e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 57, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.179 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07a7f',
    500: '#c8394e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8394e;
$custom-light: #e07a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8394e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.189,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56247,
    "c": 0.17873,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8394E

secondary

#8FCEC5

accent

#E0CA48

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8394E

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

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