#C84537#C84537

#C84537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.169 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84537
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 55)
HSL	hsl(6, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 51.24, 36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 63.00, 35.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1474 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.169 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6400, 16.8153, 5.4566)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84537 #37BAC8

analogous

#C83772 #C84537 #C88D37

triadic

#C84537 #37C845 #4537C8

tetradic

#C84537 #72C837 #37BAC8 #8D37C8

square

#C84537 #72C837 #37BAC8 #8D37C8

split-complementary

#C84537 #37C88D #3772C8

monochromatic

#68241D #98342A #C84537 #D57267 #E29E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C84537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C84537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84537

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84537	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)

#6A6035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.169 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f6e',
    500: '#c84537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84537;
$custom-light: #e17f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.793,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57156,
    "c": 0.1692,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84537

secondary

#8DC8CE

accent

#D1E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84537

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

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