#C84342#C84342

#C84342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.169 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84342
RGB	rgb(200, 67, 66)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 52.63, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 60.65, 29.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.154 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.169 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8127, 16.6908, 6.9630)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84342 #42C7C8

analogous

#C84284 #C84342 #C88642

triadic

#C84342 #42C843 #4342C8

tetradic

#C84342 #84C842 #42C7C8 #8642C8

square

#C84342 #84C842 #42C7C8 #8642C8

split-complementary

#C84342 #42C886 #4284C8

monochromatic

#6F2120 #9F2F2E #C84342 #D67271 #E4A1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C84342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C84342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84342

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84342	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.169 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e76',
    500: '#c84342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84342;
$custom-light: #e07e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.448,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57085,
    "c": 0.16943,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84342

secondary

#96D0D0

accent

#DDDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84342

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

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