#C84249#C84249

#C84249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.170 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84249
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 73)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 53.45, 25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 59.41, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% 0.158 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.17 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9729, 16.6606, 8.0975)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84249 #42C8C1

analogous

#C8428C #C84249 #C87E42

triadic

#C84249 #49C842 #4249C8

tetradic

#C84249 #8CC842 #42C8C1 #7E42C8

square

#C84249 #8CC842 #42C8C1 #7E42C8

split-complementary

#C84249 #42C87E #428CC8

monochromatic

#6F2024 #9F2E34 #C84249 #D67177 #E4A1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#C84249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C84249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84249

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84249	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.170 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e7b',
    500: '#c84249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84249;
$custom-light: #e07e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.866,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57092,
    "c": 0.16972,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84249

secondary

#96D0CD

accent

#DED64A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84249

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

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