#C8404E#C8404E

#C8404E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.172 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8404E
RGB	rgb(200, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 54.57, 22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 59.09, 22.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1625 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.172 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0306, 16.5000, 8.9677)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8404E #40C8BA

analogous

#C84092 #C8404E #C87640

triadic

#C8404E #4EC840 #404EC8

tetradic

#C8404E #92C840 #40C8BA #7640C8

square

#C8404E #92C840 #40C8BA #7640C8

split-complementary

#C8404E #40C876 #4092C8

monochromatic

#6E2028 #9D2D39 #C8404E #D6707A #E39FA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C8404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C8404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8404E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8404E	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.172 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d7f',
    500: '#c8404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8404e;
$custom-light: #e07d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.824,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56967,
    "c": 0.17154,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8404E

secondary

#94D0CA

accent

#DFCF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8404E

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

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