#C84545#C84545

#C84545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.167 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84545
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 51.97, 28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 59.42, 29.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.1525 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.167 24)
XYZ	xyz(27.0245, 16.9691, 7.4814)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84545 #45C8C8

analogous

#C84586 #C84545 #C88645

triadic

#C84545 #45C845 #4545C8

tetradic

#C84545 #86C845 #45C8C8 #8645C8

square

#C84545 #86C845 #45C8C8 #8645C8

split-complementary

#C84545 #45C886 #4586C8

monochromatic

#712121 #A02F2F #C84545 #D67474 #E4A3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C84545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C84545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84545

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84545	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.167 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f78',
    500: '#c84545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84545;
$custom-light: #e07f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57364,
    "c": 0.16701,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.16965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84545

secondary

#98D1D1

accent

#DEDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84545

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

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