#C84438#C84438

#C84438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.170 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C84438
RGBrgb(200, 68, 56)
HSLhsl(5, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(5, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 66%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(47.88, 51.71, 35.93)
CIE-LCHlch(47.88, 62.96, 34.79°)
OKLaboklab(57.05% 0.1491 0.0816)
OKLCHoklch(57.05% 0.17 28.7)
XYZxyz(26.6032, 16.7030, 5.5638)
Luminance0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C84438 #38BCC8
analogous
#C83874 #C84438 #C88C38
triadic
#C84438 #38C844 #4438C8
tetradic
#C84438 #74C838 #38BCC8 #8C38C8
square
#C84438 #74C838 #38BCC8 #8C38C8
split-complementary
#C84438 #38C88C #3874C8
monochromatic
#69231D #99332A #C84438 #D57168 #E39E98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84
#C84438 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34
#C84438 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84438
4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C84438#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C844381.004.844.344.84
#FFFFFF4.841.0021.001.00
#0000004.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.841.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#695F36
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A7C34
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DC2042
Achromatopsia (no color)
#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c84438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 68, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.170 28.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f6f',
    500: '#c84438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c84438;
$custom-light: #e17f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c84438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57052,
    "c": 0.16998,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C84438
secondary
#8EC9CE
accent
#D3E048
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FDEFEC
border
#D5CAC7
text
#170A07
muted
#857C7A

Preview Lab

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#C84438 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva