#C84234#C84234

#C84234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.173 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84234
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 52)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 74%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 52.35, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 64.56, 35.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.1503 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.173 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3904, 16.4276, 5.0294)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84234 #34BAC8

analogous

#C83470 #C84234 #C88C34

triadic

#C84234 #34C842 #4234C8

tetradic

#C84234 #70C834 #34BAC8 #8C34C8

square

#C84234 #70C834 #34BAC8 #8C34C8

split-complementary

#C84234 #34C88C #3470C8

monochromatic

#67221B #973227 #C84234 #D66E63 #E39B93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#C84234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#C84234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84234

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84234	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.173 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e6c',
    500: '#c84234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84234;
$custom-light: #e17e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.676,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56772,
    "c": 0.17258,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84234

secondary

#8AC8CE

accent

#D3E246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84234

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

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