#C84259#C84259

#C84259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.169 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84259
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 89)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(350, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 54.55, 16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 57.05, 17.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1642 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.169 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5733, 16.9008, 11.2595)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84259 #42C8B1

analogous

#C8429C #C84259 #C86E42

triadic

#C84259 #59C842 #4259C8

tetradic

#C84259 #9CC842 #42C8B1 #6E42C8

square

#C84259 #9CC842 #42C8B1 #6E42C8

split-complementary

#C84259 #42C86E #429CC8

monochromatic

#6F202E #9F2E41 #C84259 #D67183 #E4A1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C84259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#C84259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84259

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84259	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA274B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.169 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e87',
    500: '#c84259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84259;
$custom-light: #df7e87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.701,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57419,
    "c": 0.16945,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84259

secondary

#96D0C6

accent

#DEC54A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84259

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

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