#C84837#C84837

#C84837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.166 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84837
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 55)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 49.96, 37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 62.28, 36.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1434 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.166 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8292, 17.1937, 5.5197)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84837 #37B7C8

analogous

#C8376F #C84837 #C89037

triadic

#C84837 #37C848 #4837C8

tetradic

#C84837 #6FC837 #37B7C8 #9037C8

square

#C84837 #6FC837 #37B7C8 #9037C8

split-complementary

#C84837 #37C890 #376FC8

monochromatic

#68251D #98372A #C84837 #D57467 #E2A097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C84837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C84837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84837

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84837	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)

#6B6234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.166 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1816f',
    500: '#c84837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84837;
$custom-light: #e1816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.034,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57514,
    "c": 0.16629,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84837

secondary

#8DC6CE

accent

#CEE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84837

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

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