#C8423B#C8423B

#C8423B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.171 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8423B
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 59)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 52.67, 33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 62.64, 32.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1528 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.171 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.5599, 16.4954, 5.9222)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8423B #3BC1C8

analogous

#C83B7A #C8423B #C8883B

triadic

#C8423B #3BC842 #423BC8

tetradic

#C8423B #7AC83B #3BC1C8 #883BC8

square

#C8423B #7AC83B #3BC1C8 #883BC8

split-complementary

#C8423B #3BC888 #3B7AC8

monochromatic

#6B221E #9A312B #C8423B #D5706B #E39E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C8423B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C8423B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8423B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8423B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8423B	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)

#675F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8423b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.171 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e71',
    500: '#c8423b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8423b;
$custom-light: #e17e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8423b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.979,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56865,
    "c": 0.17142,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.16492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8423B

secondary

#90CCCF

accent

#D8DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8423B

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

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