#C8425E#C8425E

#C8425E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.170 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8425E
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 94)
HSL	hsl(347, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(347, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 54.94, 13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 56.66, 14.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1662 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.17 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7904, 16.9876, 12.4030)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8425E #42C8AC

analogous

#C842A1 #C8425E #C86942

triadic

#C8425E #5EC842 #425EC8

tetradic

#C8425E #A1C842 #42C8AC #6942C8

square

#C8425E #A1C842 #42C8AC #6942C8

split-complementary

#C8425E #42C869 #42A1C8

monochromatic

#6F2031 #9F2E46 #C8425E #D67186 #E4A1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C8425E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#C8425E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8425E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8425E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8425E	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62615E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA294D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8425e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.170 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e8b',
    500: '#c8425e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8425e;
$custom-light: #df7e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8425e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.463,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57536,
    "c": 0.16982,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8425E

secondary

#96D0C4

accent

#DEBF4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8425E

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

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