#C84442#C84442

#C84442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.168 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84442
RGB	rgb(200, 68, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 52.22, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 60.38, 30.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.1527 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.168 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8727, 16.8108, 6.9830)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84442 #42C6C8

analogous

#C84283 #C84442 #C88742

triadic

#C84442 #42C844 #4442C8

tetradic

#C84442 #83C842 #42C6C8 #8742C8

square

#C84442 #83C842 #42C6C8 #8742C8

split-complementary

#C84442 #42C887 #4283C8

monochromatic

#6F2220 #9F302E #C84442 #D67371 #E4A2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C84442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C84442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84442

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84442	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 68, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.168 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f76',
    500: '#c84442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84442;
$custom-light: #e07f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.896,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57199,
    "c": 0.16842,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84442

secondary

#96CFD0

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84442

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

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