#C84243#C84243

#C84243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.170 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84243
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(360, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(360, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 53.09, 29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 60.68, 28.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1557 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.17 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7835, 16.5848, 7.1000)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84243 #42C8C7

analogous

#C84286 #C84243 #C88442

triadic

#C84243 #43C842 #4243C8

tetradic

#C84243 #86C842 #42C8C7 #8442C8

square

#C84243 #86C842 #42C8C7 #8442C8

split-complementary

#C84243 #42C884 #4286C8

monochromatic

#6F2021 #9F2E2F #C84243 #D67172 #E4A1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C84243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C84243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84243

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84243	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.170 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e77',
    500: '#c84243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84243;
$custom-light: #e07e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.552,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56988,
    "c": 0.17031,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84243

secondary

#96D0D0

accent

#DEDD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84243

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

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