#C8404D#C8404D

#C8404D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.172 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8404D
RGB	rgb(200, 64, 77)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 54.50, 23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 59.26, 23.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1621 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.172 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9950, 16.4858, 8.7803)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8404D #40C8BB

analogous

#C84091 #C8404D #C87740

triadic

#C8404D #4DC840 #404DC8

tetradic

#C8404D #91C840 #40C8BB #7740C8

square

#C8404D #91C840 #40C8BB #7740C8

split-complementary

#C8404D #40C877 #4091C8

monochromatic

#6E2027 #9D2D38 #C8404D #D67079 #E39FA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C8404D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C8404D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8404D

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8404D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8404D	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8404d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 64, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.172 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d7e',
    500: '#c8404d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8404d;
$custom-light: #e07d7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8404d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.265,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56947,
    "c": 0.17158,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8404D

secondary

#94D0CA

accent

#DFD049

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8404D

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

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