#C84840#C84840

#C84840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.165 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84840
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 50.41, 32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 59.82, 32.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1466 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.165 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0650, 17.2880, 6.7612)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84840 #40C0C8

analogous

#C8407C #C84840 #C88C40

triadic

#C84840 #40C848 #4840C8

tetradic

#C84840 #7CC840 #40C0C8 #8C40C8

square

#C84840 #7CC840 #40C0C8 #8C40C8

split-complementary

#C84840 #40C88C #407CC8

monochromatic

#6E2420 #9D342D #C84840 #D67670 #E3A39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#C84840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#C84840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84840

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84840	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.165 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08175',
    500: '#c84840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84840;
$custom-light: #e08175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5764,
    "c": 0.16465,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84840

secondary

#94CCD0

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84840

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

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