#C84042#C84042

#C84042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.172 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84042
RGB	rgb(200, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 53.84, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 61.44, 28.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1579 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.172 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6390, 16.3433, 6.9051)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84042 #40C8C6

analogous

#C84086 #C84042 #C88240

triadic

#C84042 #42C840 #4042C8

tetradic

#C84042 #86C840 #40C8C6 #8240C8

square

#C84042 #86C840 #40C8C6 #8240C8

split-complementary

#C84042 #40C882 #4086C8

monochromatic

#6E2021 #9D2D2F #C84042 #D67071 #E39FA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#C84042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#C84042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84042

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84042	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.172 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d76',
    500: '#c84042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84042;
$custom-light: #e07d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.118,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56751,
    "c": 0.17243,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84042

secondary

#94D0CF

accent

#DFDC49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84042

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

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