#C8454B#C8454B

#C8454B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.166 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8454B
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 75)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 52.33, 25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 58.16, 25.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1548 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.166 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2202, 17.0474, 8.5124)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8454B #45C8C2

analogous

#C8458C #C8454B #C88045

triadic

#C8454B #4BC845 #454BC8

tetradic

#C8454B #8CC845 #45C8C2 #8045C8

square

#C8454B #8CC845 #45C8C2 #8045C8

split-complementary

#C8454B #45C880 #458CC8

monochromatic

#712125 #A02F35 #C8454B #D67479 #E4A3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#C8454B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#C8454B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8454B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8454B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8454B	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67614A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8454b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.166 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0807d',
    500: '#c8454b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8454b;
$custom-light: #e0807d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8454b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.252,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5747,
    "c": 0.16639,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8454B

secondary

#98D1CE

accent

#DED74A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8454B

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

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