#C8423F#C8423F

#C8423F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.171 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8423F
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 63)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 52.88, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 61.63, 30.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1542 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.171 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6677, 16.5385, 6.4897)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8423F #3FC5C8

analogous

#C83F81 #C8423F #C8873F

triadic

#C8423F #3FC842 #423FC8

tetradic

#C8423F #81C83F #3FC5C8 #873FC8

square

#C8423F #81C83F #3FC5C8 #873FC8

split-complementary

#C8423F #3FC887 #3F81C8

monochromatic

#6D211F #9D2F2D #C8423F #D6716F #E3A09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C8423F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C8423F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8423F

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8423F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8423F	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8423f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.171 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e74',
    500: '#c8423f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8423f;
$custom-light: #e07e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8423f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.314,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56925,
    "c": 0.17083,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8423F

secondary

#93CED0

accent

#DCDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8423F

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

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