#C8472B#C8472B

#C8472B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.170 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8472B
RGB	rgb(200, 71, 43)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 78.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 49.90, 43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 66.09, 40.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1409 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.17 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5117, 16.9641, 4.1634)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8472B #2BACC8

analogous

#C82B5D #C8472B #C8962B

triadic

#C8472B #2BC847 #472BC8

tetradic

#C8472B #5DC82B #2BACC8 #962BC8

square

#C8472B #5DC82B #2BACC8 #962BC8

split-complementary

#C8472B #2BC896 #2B5DC8

monochromatic

#632315 #963520 #C8472B #DB6D56 #E59988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C8472B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C8472B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8472B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8472B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8472B	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8472b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 71, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.170 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18066',
    500: '#c8472b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8472b;
$custom-light: #e18066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8472b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.701,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57256,
    "c": 0.16969,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8472B

secondary

#80C1CF

accent

#CAE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8472B

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

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