#C84536#C84536

#C84536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.169 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84536
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 54)
HSL	hsl(6, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 51.20, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 63.28, 36.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1471 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.169 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6163, 16.8058, 5.3316)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84536 #36B9C8

analogous

#C83670 #C84536 #C88E36

triadic

#C84536 #36C845 #4536C8

tetradic

#C84536 #70C836 #36B9C8 #8E36C8

square

#C84536 #70C836 #36B9C8 #8E36C8

split-complementary

#C84536 #36C88E #3670C8

monochromatic

#68241C #983429 #C84536 #D67166 #E39E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C84536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C84536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84536

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84536	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)

#6A6033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.169 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f6e',
    500: '#c84536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84536;
$custom-light: #e17f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.164,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57143,
    "c": 0.16938,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84536

secondary

#8CC7CE

accent

#D1E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84536

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

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