#C84043#C84043

#C84043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.172 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84043
RGB	rgb(200, 64, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 53.90, 29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 61.21, 28.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.1582 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.172 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6687, 16.3552, 7.0617)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84043 #40C8C5

analogous

#C84087 #C84043 #C88140

triadic

#C84043 #43C840 #4043C8

tetradic

#C84043 #87C840 #40C8C5 #8140C8

square

#C84043 #87C840 #40C8C5 #8140C8

split-complementary

#C84043 #40C881 #4087C8

monochromatic

#6E2021 #9D2D30 #C84043 #D67072 #E39FA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#C84043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#C84043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84043

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84043	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)

#655E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 64, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.172 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d77',
    500: '#c84043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84043;
$custom-light: #e07d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.676,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56767,
    "c": 0.17232,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84043

secondary

#94D0CE

accent

#DFDB49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84043

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

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