#C8422E#C8422E

#C8422E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.174 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8422E
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 77%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 52.11, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 66.30, 38.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% 0.1484 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.174 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2637, 16.3769, 4.3624)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8422E #2EB4C8

analogous

#C82E67 #C8422E #C88F2E

triadic

#C8422E #2EC842 #422EC8

tetradic

#C8422E #67C82E #2EB4C8 #8F2EC8

square

#C8422E #67C82E #2EB4C8 #8F2EC8

split-complementary

#C8422E #2EC88F #2E67C8

monochromatic

#642117 #963223 #C8422E #D96B5A #E5978C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#C8422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#C8422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8422E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8422E	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC193E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.174 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17d68',
    500: '#c8422e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8422e;
$custom-light: #e17d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.792,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56702,
    "c": 0.17367,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8422E

secondary

#83C5CF

accent

#D0E642

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8422E

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

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