#C8434E#C8434E

#C8434E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.168 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8434E
RGB	rgb(200, 67, 78)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 53.36, 23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 58.21, 23.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.1586 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.168 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2044, 16.8475, 9.0256)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8434E #43C8BD

analogous

#C84390 #C8434E #C87B43

triadic

#C8434E #4EC843 #434EC8

tetradic

#C8434E #90C843 #43C8BD #7B43C8

square

#C8434E #90C843 #43C8BD #7B43C8

split-complementary

#C8434E #43C87B #4390C8

monochromatic

#702127 #9F2F38 #C8434E #D6727B #E4A2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C8434E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C8434E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8434E

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8434E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8434E	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8434e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 67, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.168 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7f7f',
    500: '#c8434e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8434e;
$custom-light: #df7f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8434e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.038,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57298,
    "c": 0.16835,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8434E

secondary

#96D0CC

accent

#DED24A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8434E

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

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