#C84255#C84255

#C84255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.169 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84255
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 85)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 54.25, 19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 57.49, 19.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1627 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.169 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4099, 16.8354, 10.3988)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84255 #42C8B5

analogous

#C84298 #C84255 #C87242

triadic

#C84255 #55C842 #4255C8

tetradic

#C84255 #98C842 #42C8B5 #7242C8

square

#C84255 #98C842 #42C8B5 #7242C8

split-complementary

#C84255 #42C872 #4298C8

monochromatic

#6F202C #9F2E3E #C84255 #D67180 #E4A1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C84255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C84255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84255

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84255	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB254A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.169 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e84',
    500: '#c84255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84255;
$custom-light: #df7e84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.493,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5733,
    "c": 0.16932,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84255

secondary

#96D0C8

accent

#DEC94A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84255

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

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