#C84843#C84843

#C84843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.164 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84843
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 67)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 50.58, 30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 59.08, 31.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1478 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.164 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1527, 17.3231, 7.2230)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84843 #43C3C8

analogous

#C84380 #C84843 #C88B43

triadic

#C84843 #43C848 #4843C8

tetradic

#C84843 #80C843 #43C3C8 #8B43C8

square

#C84843 #80C843 #43C3C8 #8B43C8

split-complementary

#C84843 #43C88B #4380C8

monochromatic

#702421 #9F332F #C84843 #D67672 #E4A4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C84843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#C84843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84843

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84843	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.164 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08177',
    500: '#c84843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84843;
$custom-light: #e08177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.256,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57687,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84843

secondary

#96CED0

accent

#D8DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84843

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

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