#C8404A#C8404A

#C8404A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.172 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8404A
RGB	rgb(200, 64, 74)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 54.31, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 59.79, 24.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1609 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.172 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8916, 16.4444, 8.2353)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8404A #40C8BE

analogous

#C8408E #C8404A #C87A40

triadic

#C8404A #4AC840 #404AC8

tetradic

#C8404A #8EC840 #40C8BE #7A40C8

square

#C8404A #8EC840 #40C8BE #7A40C8

split-complementary

#C8404A #40C87A #408EC8

monochromatic

#6E2025 #9D2D36 #C8404A #D67077 #E39FA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#C8404A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C8404A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8404A

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8404A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8404A	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8404a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 64, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.172 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d7c',
    500: '#c8404a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8404a;
$custom-light: #e07d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8404a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.588,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5689,
    "c": 0.17173,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8404A

secondary

#94D0CB

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8404A

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

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