#C8404F#C8404F

#C8404F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.172 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8404F
RGB	rgb(200, 64, 79)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(353, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 54.63, 22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 58.93, 22.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1629 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.172 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0667, 16.5144, 9.1580)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8404F #40C8B9

analogous

#C84093 #C8404F #C87540

triadic

#C8404F #4FC840 #404FC8

tetradic

#C8404F #93C840 #40C8B9 #7540C8

square

#C8404F #93C840 #40C8B9 #7540C8

split-complementary

#C8404F #40C875 #4093C8

monochromatic

#6E2028 #9D2D3A #C8404F #D6707B #E39FA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C8404F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C8404F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8404F

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8404F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8404F	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)

#635F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8404f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 64, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.172 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d80',
    500: '#c8404f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8404f;
$custom-light: #e07d80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8404f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.382,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56987,
    "c": 0.17151,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8404F

secondary

#94D0C9

accent

#DFCE49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8404F

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

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