#C8452B#C8452B

#C8452B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.172 H 33.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8452B
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 43)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 78.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 50.76, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 66.53, 40.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1436 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.172 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3865, 16.7139, 4.1217)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8452B #2BAEC8

analogous

#C82B60 #C8452B #C8932B

triadic

#C8452B #2BC845 #452BC8

tetradic

#C8452B #60C82B #2BAEC8 #932BC8

square

#C8452B #60C82B #2BAEC8 #932BC8

split-complementary

#C8452B #2BC893 #2B60C8

monochromatic

#632215 #963420 #C8452B #DB6C56 #E59788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C8452B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C8452B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8452B

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8452B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8452B	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)

#6B5F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8452b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.172 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f66',
    500: '#c8452b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8452b;
$custom-light: #e17f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8452b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.936,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57018,
    "c": 0.17151,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8452B

secondary

#80C2CF

accent

#CCE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8452B

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

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