#C8454E#C8454E

#C8454E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.166 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8454E
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 78)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 52.53, 23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 57.61, 24.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.156 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.166 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3253, 17.0894, 9.0659)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8454E #45C8BF

analogous

#C8458F #C8454E #C87E45

triadic

#C8454E #4EC845 #454EC8

tetradic

#C8454E #8FC845 #45C8BF #7E45C8

square

#C8454E #8FC845 #45C8BF #7E45C8

split-complementary

#C8454E #45C87E #458FC8

monochromatic

#712127 #A02F37 #C8454E #D6747B #E4A3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C8454E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C8454E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8454E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8454E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8454E	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67614D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8454e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.166 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df807f',
    500: '#c8454e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8454e;
$custom-light: #df807f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8454e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.878,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57526,
    "c": 0.16618,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8454E

secondary

#98D1CD

accent

#DED44A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8454E

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

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