#C84540#C84540

#C84540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.168 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84540
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 51.69, 31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 60.61, 31.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1507 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.168 26)
XYZ	xyz(26.8757, 16.9096, 6.6982)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84540 #40C3C8

analogous

#C8407F #C84540 #C88940

triadic

#C84540 #40C845 #4540C8

tetradic

#C84540 #7FC840 #40C3C8 #8940C8

square

#C84540 #7FC840 #40C3C8 #8940C8

split-complementary

#C84540 #40C889 #407FC8

monochromatic

#6E2320 #9D312D #C84540 #D67370 #E3A29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C84540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#C84540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84540

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84540	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.168 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f75',
    500: '#c84540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84540;
$custom-light: #e07f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.206,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57283,
    "c": 0.16769,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.16906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84540

secondary

#94CED0

accent

#D9DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84540

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

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