#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
RGB	rgb(200, 68, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 51.71, 35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 62.96, 34.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1491 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.17 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6032, 16.7030, 5.5638)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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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
##C84438	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)

#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

Preview with #C84438

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

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