#C84738#C84738

#C84738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.167 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84738
RGB	rgb(200, 71, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 50.44, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 62.24, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1451 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.167 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7893, 17.0752, 5.6258)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84738 #38B9C8

analogous

#C83871 #C84738 #C88F38

triadic

#C84738 #38C847 #4738C8

tetradic

#C84738 #71C838 #38B9C8 #8F38C8

square

#C84738 #71C838 #38B9C8 #8F38C8

split-complementary

#C84738 #38C88F #3871C8

monochromatic

#69251D #99362A #C84738 #D57368 #E3A098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#C84738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#C84738 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84738

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84738	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)

#6B6136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 71, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.167 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1806f',
    500: '#c84738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84738;
$custom-light: #e1806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57406,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84738

secondary

#8EC7CE

accent

#D0E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84738

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

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