#C84236#C84236

#C84236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.172 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84236
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 52.44, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 64.00, 34.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.151 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.172 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4364, 16.4460, 5.2717)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84236 #36BCC8

analogous

#C83673 #C84236 #C88B36

triadic

#C84236 #36C842 #4236C8

tetradic

#C84236 #73C836 #36BCC8 #8B36C8

square

#C84236 #73C836 #36BCC8 #8B36C8

split-complementary

#C84236 #36C88B #3673C8

monochromatic

#68221C #983229 #C84236 #D66F66 #E39C96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#C84236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C84236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84236

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84236	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)

#685E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.172 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e6e',
    500: '#c84236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84236;
$custom-light: #e17e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.932,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56797,
    "c": 0.17223,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84236

secondary

#8CC9CE

accent

#D4E147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84236

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

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