#C8423C#C8423C

#C8423C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.171 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8423C
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 60)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 52.72, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 62.38, 32.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.1531 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.171 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5861, 16.5059, 6.0601)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8423C #3CC2C8

analogous

#C83C7C #C8423C #C8883C

triadic

#C8423C #3CC842 #423CC8

tetradic

#C8423C #7CC83C #3CC2C8 #883CC8

square

#C8423C #7CC83C #3CC2C8 #883CC8

split-complementary

#C8423C #3CC888 #3C7CC8

monochromatic

#6B221E #9B312C #C8423C #D5706C #E39F9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C8423C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C8423C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8423C

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8423C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8423C	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8423c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.171 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e72',
    500: '#c8423c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8423c;
$custom-light: #e17e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8423c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5688,
    "c": 0.17126,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8423C

secondary

#91CCCF

accent

#D9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8423C

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

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