#C84538#C84538

#C84538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.169 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84538
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 51.29, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 62.72, 35.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1478 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.169 29)
XYZ	xyz(26.6642, 16.8250, 5.5841)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84538 #38BBC8

analogous

#C83873 #C84538 #C88D38

triadic

#C84538 #38C845 #4538C8

tetradic

#C84538 #73C838 #38BBC8 #8D38C8

square

#C84538 #73C838 #38BBC8 #8D38C8

split-complementary

#C84538 #38C88D #3873C8

monochromatic

#69241D #99342A #C84538 #D57268 #E39F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C84538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C84538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84538

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84538	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)

#696036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.169 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f6f',
    500: '#c84538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84538;
$custom-light: #e17f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57169,
    "c": 0.16901,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.16821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84538

secondary

#8EC8CE

accent

#D2E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84538

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

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