#C8403D#C8403D

#C8403D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.173 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8403D
RGB	rgb(200, 64, 61)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 53.58, 32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 62.63, 31.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.156 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.173 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4980, 16.2869, 6.1624)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8403D #3DC5C8

analogous

#C83D7F #C8403D #C8853D

triadic

#C8403D #3DC840 #403DC8

tetradic

#C8403D #7FC83D #3DC5C8 #853DC8

square

#C8403D #7FC83D #3DC5C8 #853DC8

split-complementary

#C8403D #3DC885 #3D7FC8

monochromatic

#6C201F #9C2F2C #C8403D #D66F6D #E39E9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#C8403D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#C8403D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8403D

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8403D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8403D	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8403d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 64, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.173 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17d73',
    500: '#c8403d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8403d;
$custom-light: #e17d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8403d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.295,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56673,
    "c": 0.17306,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8403D

secondary

#92CECF

accent

#DCDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8403D

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

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