#C84142#C84142

#C84142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.171 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84142
RGB	rgb(200, 65, 66)
HSL	hsl(360, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(360, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 53.44, 29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 61.18, 29.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1566 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.171 24)
XYZ	xyz(26.6959, 16.4571, 6.9240)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84142 #41C8C7

analogous

#C84185 #C84142 #C88441

triadic

#C84142 #42C841 #4142C8

tetradic

#C84142 #85C841 #41C8C7 #8441C8

square

#C84142 #85C841 #41C8C7 #8441C8

split-complementary

#C84142 #41C884 #4185C8

monochromatic

#6F2021 #9E2E2F #C84142 #D67071 #E3A0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C84142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C84142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84142

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84142	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)

#665E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 65, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.171 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d76',
    500: '#c84142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84142;
$custom-light: #e07d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56861,
    "c": 0.17144,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.16453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84142

secondary

#95D0D0

accent

#DEDD49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84142

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

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