#C8402E#C8402E

#C8402E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.175 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8402E
RGB	rgb(200, 64, 46)
HSL	hsl(7, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 77%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 52.92, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 66.75, 37.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% 0.1509 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.175 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1489, 16.1473, 4.3241)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8402E #2EB6C8

analogous

#C82E69 #C8402E #C88D2E

triadic

#C8402E #2EC840 #402EC8

tetradic

#C8402E #69C82E #2EB6C8 #8D2EC8

square

#C8402E #69C82E #2EB6C8 #8D2EC8

split-complementary

#C8402E #2EC88D #2E69C8

monochromatic

#642017 #963023 #C8402E #D9695A #E5968C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#C8402E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#C8402E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8402E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8402E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8402E	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC133D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8402e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 64, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.175 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17c68',
    500: '#c8402e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8402e;
$custom-light: #e17c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8402e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.013,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56479,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8402E

secondary

#83C6CF

accent

#D3E642

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8402E

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

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