#C84237#C84237

#C84237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.172 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84237
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 52.48, 36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 63.72, 34.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1513 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.172 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4601, 16.4555, 5.3966)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84237 #37BDC8

analogous

#C83774 #C84237 #C88B37

triadic

#C84237 #37C842 #4237C8

tetradic

#C84237 #74C837 #37BDC8 #8B37C8

square

#C84237 #74C837 #37BDC8 #8B37C8

split-complementary

#C84237 #37C88B #3774C8

monochromatic

#68221D #98322A #C84237 #D56F67 #E29D97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C84237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C84237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84237

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84237	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.172 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e6e',
    500: '#c84237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84237;
$custom-light: #e17e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.552,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5681,
    "c": 0.17207,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84237

secondary

#8DC9CE

accent

#D5E048

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84237

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

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