#C84842#C84842

#C84842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.164 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84842
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 50.52, 31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 59.32, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.1474 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.164 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1229, 17.3112, 7.0664)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84842 #42C2C8

analogous

#C8427F #C84842 #C88B42

triadic

#C84842 #42C848 #4842C8

tetradic

#C84842 #7FC842 #42C2C8 #8B42C8

square

#C84842 #7FC842 #42C2C8 #8B42C8

split-complementary

#C84842 #42C88B #427FC8

monochromatic

#6F2420 #9F332E #C84842 #D67671 #E4A4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#C84842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#C84842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84842

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84842	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)

#6A6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.164 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08176',
    500: '#c84842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84842;
$custom-light: #e08176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.687,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57671,
    "c": 0.16433,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84842

secondary

#96CED0

accent

#D8DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84842

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →