#C8462B#C8462B

#C8462B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.171 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8462B
RGB	rgb(200, 70, 43)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 78.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 50.33, 43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 66.31, 40.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1423 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.171 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4486, 16.8380, 4.1424)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8462B #2BADC8

analogous

#C82B5F #C8462B #C8942B

triadic

#C8462B #2BC846 #462BC8

tetradic

#C8462B #5FC82B #2BADC8 #942BC8

square

#C8462B #5FC82B #2BADC8 #942BC8

split-complementary

#C8462B #2BC894 #2B5FC8

monochromatic

#632315 #963420 #C8462B #DB6C56 #E59888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C8462B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C8462B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8462B

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8462B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8462B	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8462b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 70, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.171 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18066',
    500: '#c8462b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8462b;
$custom-light: #e18066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8462b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.318,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57136,
    "c": 0.1706,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8462B

secondary

#80C1CF

accent

#CBE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8462B

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

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