#C84542#C84542

#C84542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.167 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84542
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 51.80, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 60.12, 30.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.1514 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.167 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9337, 16.9327, 7.0033)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84542 #42C5C8

analogous

#C84282 #C84542 #C88842

triadic

#C84542 #42C845 #4542C8

tetradic

#C84542 #82C842 #42C5C8 #8842C8

square

#C84542 #82C842 #42C5C8 #8842C8

split-complementary

#C84542 #42C888 #4282C8

monochromatic

#6F2220 #9F312E #C84542 #D67471 #E4A2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C84542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C84542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84542

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84542	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.167 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f76',
    500: '#c84542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84542;
$custom-light: #e07f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.343,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57315,
    "c": 0.1674,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84542

secondary

#96CFD0

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84542

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

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