#C84535#C84535

#C84535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.170 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84535
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 53)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 51.15, 37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 63.57, 36.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1468 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.17 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5930, 16.7965, 5.2092)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84535 #35B8C8

analogous

#C8356E #C84535 #C88F35

triadic

#C84535 #35C845 #4535C8

tetradic

#C84535 #6EC835 #35B8C8 #8F35C8

square

#C84535 #6EC835 #35B8C8 #8F35C8

split-complementary

#C84535 #35C88F #356EC8

monochromatic

#67241B #983428 #C84535 #D67164 #E39D95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C84535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C84535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84535

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84535	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)

#6A6032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.170 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f6d',
    500: '#c84535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84535;
$custom-light: #e17f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.531,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5713,
    "c": 0.16956,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84535

secondary

#8BC7CE

accent

#D0E146

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84535

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

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