#C84240#C84240

#C84240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.171 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84240
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 52.93, 31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 61.39, 30.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1546 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.171 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6959, 16.5498, 6.6382)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84240 #40C6C8

analogous

#C84082 #C84240 #C88640

triadic

#C84240 #40C842 #4240C8

tetradic

#C84240 #82C840 #40C6C8 #8640C8

square

#C84240 #82C840 #40C6C8 #8640C8

split-complementary

#C84240 #40C886 #4082C8

monochromatic

#6E2120 #9D2F2D #C84240 #D67170 #E3A09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C84240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C84240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84240

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84240	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.171 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e75',
    500: '#c84240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84240;
$custom-light: #e07e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.882,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5694,
    "c": 0.17069,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84240

secondary

#94CFD0

accent

#DCDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84240

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

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