#C8424F#C8424F

#C8424F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.169 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8424F
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 79)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 53.83, 22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 58.34, 22.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.1603 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.169 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1816, 16.7441, 9.1962)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8424F #42C8BB

analogous

#C84292 #C8424F #C87842

triadic

#C8424F #4FC842 #424FC8

tetradic

#C8424F #92C842 #42C8BB #7842C8

square

#C8424F #92C842 #42C8BB #7842C8

split-complementary

#C8424F #42C878 #4292C8

monochromatic

#6F2028 #9F2E39 #C8424F #D6717B #E4A1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#C8424F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#C8424F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8424F

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8424F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8424F	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8424f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.169 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e80',
    500: '#c8424f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8424f;
$custom-light: #df7e80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8424f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.179,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57206,
    "c": 0.16938,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8424F

secondary

#96D0CA

accent

#DED04A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8424F

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

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