#C84742#C84742

#C84742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.165 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84742
RGB	rgb(200, 71, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 50.95, 30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 59.59, 31.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.1487 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.165 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0588, 17.1830, 7.0450)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84742 #42C3C8

analogous

#C84280 #C84742 #C88A42

triadic

#C84742 #42C847 #4742C8

tetradic

#C84742 #80C842 #42C3C8 #8A42C8

square

#C84742 #80C842 #42C3C8 #8A42C8

split-complementary

#C84742 #42C88A #4280C8

monochromatic

#6F2320 #9F322E #C84742 #D67571 #E4A3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C84742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C84742 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84742

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84742	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 71, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.165 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08176',
    500: '#c84742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84742;
$custom-light: #e08176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.239,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57551,
    "c": 0.16536,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84742

secondary

#96CED0

accent

#D9DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84742

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

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