#C8404B#C8404B

#C8404B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.172 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8404B
RGB	rgb(200, 64, 75)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 54.37, 24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 59.60, 24.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1613 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.172 20)
XYZ	xyz(26.9255, 16.4579, 8.4141)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8404B #40C8BD

analogous

#C8408F #C8404B #C87940

triadic

#C8404B #4BC840 #404BC8

tetradic

#C8404B #8FC840 #40C8BD #7940C8

square

#C8404B #8FC840 #40C8BD #7940C8

split-complementary

#C8404B #40C879 #408FC8

monochromatic

#6E2026 #9D2D36 #C8404B #D67078 #E39FA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C8404B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C8404B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8404B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8404B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8404B	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8404b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 64, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.172 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d7d',
    500: '#c8404b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8404b;
$custom-light: #e07d7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8404b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.147,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56909,
    "c": 0.17167,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.16454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8404B

secondary

#94D0CB

accent

#DFD349

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8404B

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

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