#C8404C#C8404C

#C8404C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.172 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8404C
RGB	rgb(200, 64, 76)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 54.44, 23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 59.43, 23.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1617 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.172 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9600, 16.4717, 8.5958)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8404C #40C8BC

analogous

#C84090 #C8404C #C87840

triadic

#C8404C #4CC840 #404CC8

tetradic

#C8404C #90C840 #40C8BC #7840C8

square

#C8404C #90C840 #40C8BC #7840C8

split-complementary

#C8404C #40C878 #4090C8

monochromatic

#6E2027 #9D2D37 #C8404C #D67079 #E39FA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C8404C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C8404C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8404C

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8404C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8404C	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)

#645F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8404c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 64, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.172 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d7e',
    500: '#c8404c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8404c;
$custom-light: #e07d7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8404c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56928,
    "c": 0.17162,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8404C

secondary

#94D0CA

accent

#DFD149

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8404C

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

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