#C84740#C84740

#C84740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.166 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84740
RGB	rgb(200, 71, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 50.84, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 60.08, 32.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.148 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.166 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0009, 17.1598, 6.7399)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84740 #40C1C8

analogous

#C8407D #C84740 #C88B40

triadic

#C84740 #40C847 #4740C8

tetradic

#C84740 #7DC840 #40C1C8 #8B40C8

square

#C84740 #7DC840 #40C1C8 #8B40C8

split-complementary

#C84740 #40C88B #407DC8

monochromatic

#6E2420 #9D332D #C84740 #D67570 #E3A39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#C84740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#C84740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84740

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84740	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 71, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.166 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08075',
    500: '#c84740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84740;
$custom-light: #e08075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.088,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5752,
    "c": 0.16566,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84740

secondary

#94CDD0

accent

#D7DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84740

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

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