#C84642#C84642

#C84642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.166 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84642
RGB	rgb(200, 70, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 51.38, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 59.85, 30.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.1501 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.166 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9957, 17.0568, 7.0240)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84642 #42C4C8

analogous

#C84281 #C84642 #C88942

triadic

#C84642 #42C846 #4642C8

tetradic

#C84642 #81C842 #42C4C8 #8942C8

square

#C84642 #81C842 #42C4C8 #8942C8

split-complementary

#C84642 #42C889 #4281C8

monochromatic

#6F2320 #9F322E #C84642 #D67471 #E4A3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#C84642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#C84642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84642

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84642	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)

#696141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 70, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.166 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08076',
    500: '#c84642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84642;
$custom-light: #e08076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.791,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57432,
    "c": 0.16638,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84642

secondary

#96CED0

accent

#DADE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84642

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

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