#C84437#C84437

#C84437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.170 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84437
RGB	rgb(200, 68, 55)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 51.66, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 63.24, 35.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1488 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.17 29)
XYZ	xyz(26.5790, 16.6933, 5.4363)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84437 #37BBC8

analogous

#C83773 #C84437 #C88C37

triadic

#C84437 #37C844 #4437C8

tetradic

#C84437 #73C837 #37BBC8 #8C37C8

square

#C84437 #73C837 #37BBC8 #8C37C8

split-complementary

#C84437 #37C88C #3773C8

monochromatic

#68231D #98342A #C84437 #D57167 #E29E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C84437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C84437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84437

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84437	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)

#695F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 68, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.170 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f6e',
    500: '#c84437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84437;
$custom-light: #e17f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.379,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57039,
    "c": 0.17015,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.16689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84437

secondary

#8DC8CE

accent

#D2E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84437

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

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