#C84231#C84231

#C84231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.173 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84231
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 49)
HSL	hsl(7, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 52.23, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 65.42, 37.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1493 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.173 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3249, 16.4014, 4.6848)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84231 #31B7C8

analogous

#C8316C #C84231 #C88E31

triadic

#C84231 #31C842 #4231C8

tetradic

#C84231 #6CC831 #31B7C8 #8E31C8

square

#C84231 #6CC831 #31B7C8 #8E31C8

split-complementary

#C84231 #31C88E #316CC8

monochromatic

#662219 #973225 #C84231 #D86C5F #E49990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#C84231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#C84231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84231

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84231	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)

#685E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC193F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.173 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e6a',
    500: '#c84231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84231;
$custom-light: #e17e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.755,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56736,
    "c": 0.17312,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84231

secondary

#86C6CE

accent

#D2E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84231

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

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