#C8432B#C8432B

#C8432B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.173 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8432B
RGB	rgb(200, 67, 43)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 78.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 51.59, 42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 66.97, 39.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1462 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.173 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2656, 16.4720, 4.0814)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8432B #2BB0C8

analogous

#C82B61 #C8432B #C8912B

triadic

#C8432B #2BC843 #432BC8

tetradic

#C8432B #61C82B #2BB0C8 #912BC8

square

#C8432B #61C82B #2BB0C8 #912BC8

split-complementary

#C8432B #2BC891 #2B61C8

monochromatic

#632115 #963220 #C8432B #DB6A56 #E59688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C8432B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C8432B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8432B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8432B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8432B	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8432b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 67, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.173 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e66',
    500: '#c8432b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8432b;
$custom-light: #e17e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8432b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.172,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56785,
    "c": 0.17332,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8432B

secondary

#80C3CF

accent

#CEE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8432B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →