#C84531#C84531

#C84531 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.170 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84531
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 49)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 50.98, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 64.73, 38.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1454 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.17 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5048, 16.7612, 4.7447)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84531 #31B4C8

analogous

#C83169 #C84531 #C89131

triadic

#C84531 #31C845 #4531C8

tetradic

#C84531 #69C831 #31B4C8 #9131C8

square

#C84531 #69C831 #31B4C8 #9131C8

split-complementary

#C84531 #31C891 #3169C8

monochromatic

#662319 #973425 #C84531 #D86F5F #E49B90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#C84531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#C84531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84531

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84531	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A602E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.170 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f6a',
    500: '#c84531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84531;
$custom-light: #e17f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.947,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57082,
    "c": 0.17033,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84531

secondary

#86C5CE

accent

#CFE444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84531

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

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