#C84640#C84640

#C84640 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.167 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84640
RGB	rgb(200, 70, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 51.27, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 60.35, 31.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1493 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.167 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9378, 17.0336, 6.7188)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84640 #40C2C8

analogous

#C8407E #C84640 #C88A40

triadic

#C84640 #40C846 #4640C8

tetradic

#C84640 #7EC840 #40C2C8 #8A40C8

square

#C84640 #7EC840 #40C2C8 #8A40C8

split-complementary

#C84640 #40C88A #407EC8

monochromatic

#6E2320 #9D322D #C84640 #D67470 #E3A29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#C84640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#C84640 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84640

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84640	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69613E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 70, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.167 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08075',
    500: '#c84640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84640;
$custom-light: #e08075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.647,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57401,
    "c": 0.16668,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84640

secondary

#94CDD0

accent

#D8DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84640

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

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