#C8442B#C8442B

#C8442B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.172 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8442B
RGB	rgb(200, 68, 43)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 78.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 51.18, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 66.75, 39.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1449 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.172 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3256, 16.5919, 4.1014)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8442B #2BAFC8

analogous

#C82B61 #C8442B #C8922B

triadic

#C8442B #2BC844 #442BC8

tetradic

#C8442B #61C82B #2BAFC8 #922BC8

square

#C8442B #61C82B #2BAFC8 #922BC8

split-complementary

#C8442B #2BC892 #2B61C8

monochromatic

#632215 #963320 #C8442B #DB6B56 #E59788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C8442B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C8442B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8442B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8442B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8442B	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8442b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 68, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.172 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f66',
    500: '#c8442b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8442b;
$custom-light: #e17f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8442b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.554,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.569,
    "c": 0.17242,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8442B

secondary

#80C2CF

accent

#CDE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8442B

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

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