#C8424B#C8424B

#C8424B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.170 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8424B
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 75)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, 53.57, 24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 59.03, 24.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1588 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.17 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0403, 16.6876, 8.4524)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8424B #42C8BF

analogous

#C8428E #C8424B #C87C42

triadic

#C8424B #4BC842 #424BC8

tetradic

#C8424B #8EC842 #42C8BF #7C42C8

square

#C8424B #8EC842 #42C8BF #7C42C8

split-complementary

#C8424B #42C87C #428EC8

monochromatic

#6F2026 #9F2E36 #C8424B #D67178 #E4A1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C8424B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C8424B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8424B

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8424B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8424B	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8424b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.170 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e7d',
    500: '#c8424b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8424b;
$custom-light: #e07e7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8424b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.97,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57129,
    "c": 0.16958,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8424B

secondary

#96D0CC

accent

#DED44A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8424B

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

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