#C84838#C84838

#C84838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.166 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84838
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 50.00, 36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 62.00, 36.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1438 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.166 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8534, 17.2034, 5.6472)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84838 #38B8C8

analogous

#C83870 #C84838 #C89038

triadic

#C84838 #38C848 #4838C8

tetradic

#C84838 #70C838 #38B8C8 #9038C8

square

#C84838 #70C838 #38B8C8 #9038C8

split-complementary

#C84838 #38C890 #3870C8

monochromatic

#69251D #99362A #C84838 #D57468 #E3A098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C84838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C84838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84838

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84838	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)

#6B6236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.166 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0816f',
    500: '#c84838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84838;
$custom-light: #e0816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57527,
    "c": 0.1661,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84838

secondary

#8EC7CE

accent

#CFE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84838

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

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