#C8423A#C8423A

#C8423A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.172 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8423A
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 58)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 52.63, 34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 62.91, 33.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1524 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.172 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5342, 16.4851, 5.7869)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8423A #3AC0C8

analogous

#C83A79 #C8423A #C8893A

triadic

#C8423A #3AC842 #423AC8

tetradic

#C8423A #79C83A #3AC0C8 #893AC8

square

#C8423A #79C83A #3AC0C8 #893AC8

split-complementary

#C8423A #3AC889 #3A79C8

monochromatic

#6A221E #9A312B #C8423A #D5706A #E39E9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C8423A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C8423A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8423A

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8423A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8423A	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8423a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.172 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e70',
    500: '#c8423a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8423a;
$custom-light: #e17e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8423a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.38,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56851,
    "c": 0.17157,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8423A

secondary

#8FCBCE

accent

#D7E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8423A

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

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