#C84253#C84253

#C84253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.169 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84253
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 83)
HSL	hsl(352, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(352, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 54.11, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 57.75, 20.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1619 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.169 17)
XYZ	xyz(27.3316, 16.8041, 9.9862)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84253 #42C8B7

analogous

#C84296 #C84253 #C87442

triadic

#C84253 #53C842 #4253C8

tetradic

#C84253 #96C842 #42C8B7 #7442C8

square

#C84253 #96C842 #42C8B7 #7442C8

split-complementary

#C84253 #42C874 #4296C8

monochromatic

#6F202A #9F2E3C #C84253 #D6717E #E4A1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C84253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C84253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84253

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84253	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.169 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e83',
    500: '#c84253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84253;
$custom-light: #df7e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.388,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57288,
    "c": 0.1693,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84253

secondary

#96D0C9

accent

#DECB4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84253

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

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