#C84338#C84338

#C84338 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.171 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84338
RGB	rgb(200, 67, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 52.12, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 63.20, 34.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1504 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.171 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5433, 16.5830, 5.5438)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84338 #38BDC8

analogous

#C83875 #C84338 #C88B38

triadic

#C84338 #38C843 #4338C8

tetradic

#C84338 #75C838 #38BDC8 #8B38C8

square

#C84338 #75C838 #38BDC8 #8B38C8

split-complementary

#C84338 #38C88B #3875C8

monochromatic

#69231D #99332A #C84338 #D57068 #E39E98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C84338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C84338 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84338

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84338	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 67, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.171 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e6f',
    500: '#c84338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84338;
$custom-light: #e17e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56937,
    "c": 0.17094,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84338

secondary

#8EC9CE

accent

#D4E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84338

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

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