#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
RGBrgb(200, 71, 64)
HSLhsl(3, 55%, 52%)
HSVhsv(3, 68%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(48.46, 50.84, 32.02)
CIE-LCHlch(48.46, 60.08, 32.21°)
OKLaboklab(57.52% 0.148 0.0745)
OKLCHoklch(57.52% 0.166 26.7)
XYZxyz(27.0009, 17.1598, 6.7399)
Luminance0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C847401.004.744.434.74
#FFFFFF4.741.0021.001.00
#0000004.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.741.0021.001.00

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

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#C84740 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva