#C8422F#C8422F

#C8422F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.173 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8422F
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 47)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 76.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 52.15, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 66.00, 37.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1487 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.173 31)
XYZ	xyz(26.2837, 16.3849, 4.4674)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8422F #2FB5C8

analogous

#C82F68 #C8422F #C88E2F

triadic

#C8422F #2FC842 #422FC8

tetradic

#C8422F #68C82F #2FB5C8 #8E2FC8

square

#C8422F #68C82F #2FB5C8 #8E2FC8

split-complementary

#C8422F #2FC88E #2F68C8

monochromatic

#652118 #963223 #C8422F #D96B5C #E4988D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#C8422F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#C8422F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8422F

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8422F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8422F	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC193F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8422f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.173 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e69',
    500: '#c8422f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8422f;
$custom-light: #e17e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8422f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.451,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56713,
    "c": 0.17349,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.16381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8422F

secondary

#84C5CF

accent

#D1E543

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8422F

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

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