#C84440#C84440

#C84440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.169 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84440
RGB	rgb(200, 68, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 52.11, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 60.87, 31.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.152 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.169 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8148, 16.7876, 6.6778)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84440 #40C4C8

analogous

#C84080 #C84440 #C88840

triadic

#C84440 #40C844 #4440C8

tetradic

#C84440 #80C840 #40C4C8 #8840C8

square

#C84440 #80C840 #40C4C8 #8840C8

split-complementary

#C84440 #40C888 #4080C8

monochromatic

#6E2220 #9D312D #C84440 #D67370 #E3A19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C84440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C84440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84440

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84440	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 68, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.169 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f75',
    500: '#c84440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84440;
$custom-light: #e07f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57168,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84440

secondary

#94CED0

accent

#DADF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84440

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

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