#C84251#C84251

#C84251 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.169 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84251
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 81)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 53.97, 21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 58.03, 21.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1611 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.169 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2554, 16.7736, 9.5854)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84251 #42C8B9

analogous

#C84294 #C84251 #C87642

triadic

#C84251 #51C842 #4251C8

tetradic

#C84251 #94C842 #42C8B9 #7642C8

square

#C84251 #94C842 #42C8B9 #7642C8

split-complementary

#C84251 #42C876 #4294C8

monochromatic

#6F2029 #9F2E3B #C84251 #D6717D #E4A1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C84251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#C84251 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84251

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84251	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.169 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e81',
    500: '#c84251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84251;
$custom-light: #df7e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.284,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57246,
    "c": 0.16933,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84251

secondary

#96D0CA

accent

#DECE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84251

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

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