#C8425B#C8425B

#C8425B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.170 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8425B
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 91)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(349, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 54.71, 15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 56.87, 15.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.165 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.17 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6584, 16.9348, 11.7078)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8425B #42C8AF

analogous

#C8429E #C8425B #C86C42

triadic

#C8425B #5BC842 #425BC8

tetradic

#C8425B #9EC842 #42C8AF #6C42C8

square

#C8425B #9EC842 #42C8AF #6C42C8

split-complementary

#C8425B #42C86C #429EC8

monochromatic

#6F202F #9F2E43 #C8425B #D67184 #E4A1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C8425B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C8425B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8425B

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8425B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8425B	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63615B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA284C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8425b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.170 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e89',
    500: '#c8425b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8425b;
$custom-light: #df7e89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8425b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.806,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57465,
    "c": 0.16957,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8425B

secondary

#96D0C5

accent

#DEC34A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8425B

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

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