#C84235#C84235

#C84235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.172 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84235
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 53)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 52.40, 37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 64.28, 35.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1507 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.172 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4131, 16.4367, 5.1493)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84235 #35BBC8

analogous

#C83572 #C84235 #C88C35

triadic

#C84235 #35C842 #4235C8

tetradic

#C84235 #72C835 #35BBC8 #8C35C8

square

#C84235 #72C835 #35BBC8 #8C35C8

split-complementary

#C84235 #35C88C #3572C8

monochromatic

#67221B #983228 #C84235 #D66E64 #E39C95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#C84235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C84235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84235

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84235	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.172 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e6d',
    500: '#c84235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84235;
$custom-light: #e17e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.306,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56785,
    "c": 0.1724,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84235

secondary

#8BC8CE

accent

#D4E146

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84235

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

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