#C84836#C84836

#C84836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.167 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84836
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 54)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 49.91, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 62.57, 37.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1431 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.167 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8055, 17.1842, 5.3947)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84836 #36B6C8

analogous

#C8366D #C84836 #C89136

triadic

#C84836 #36C848 #4836C8

tetradic

#C84836 #6DC836 #36B6C8 #9136C8

square

#C84836 #6DC836 #36B6C8 #9136C8

split-complementary

#C84836 #36C891 #366DC8

monochromatic

#68251C #983729 #C84836 #D67366 #E39F96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C84836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C84836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84836

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84836	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)

#6C6133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.167 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1816e',
    500: '#c84836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84836;
$custom-light: #e1816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.397,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57501,
    "c": 0.1665,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84836

secondary

#8CC6CE

accent

#CEE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84836

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

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