#C84138#C84138

#C84138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.173 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84138
RGB	rgb(200, 65, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 52.94, 35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 63.69, 33.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.153 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.173 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4264, 16.3493, 5.5048)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84138 #38BFC8

analogous

#C83877 #C84138 #C88938

triadic

#C84138 #38C841 #4138C8

tetradic

#C84138 #77C838 #38BFC8 #8938C8

square

#C84138 #77C838 #38BFC8 #8938C8

split-complementary

#C84138 #38C889 #3877C8

monochromatic

#69221D #99312A #C84138 #D56F68 #E39D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#C84138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#C84138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84138

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84138	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 65, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.173 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17d6f',
    500: '#c84138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84138;
$custom-light: #e17d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56712,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84138

secondary

#8ECACE

accent

#D6E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84138

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

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