#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
RGBrgb(200, 66, 60)
HSLhsl(3, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(3, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 67%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(47.63, 52.72, 33.35)
CIE-LCHlch(47.63, 62.38, 32.31°)
OKLaboklab(56.88% 0.1531 0.0767)
OKLCHoklch(56.88% 0.171 26.6)
XYZxyz(26.5861, 16.5059, 6.0601)
Luminance0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##C8423C1.004.884.304.88
#FFFFFF4.881.0021.001.00
#0000004.3021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.881.0021.001.00

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

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#C8423C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva