#C84848#C84848

#C84848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.164 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84848
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 50.87, 27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 57.92, 28.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1497 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.164 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3092, 17.3857, 8.0474)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84848 #48C8C8

analogous

#C84888 #C84848 #C88848

triadic

#C84848 #48C848 #4848C8

tetradic

#C84848 #88C848 #48C8C8 #8848C8

square

#C84848 #88C848 #48C8C8 #8848C8

split-complementary

#C84848 #48C888 #4888C8

monochromatic

#732323 #A23131 #C84848 #D67777 #E4A6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#C84848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#C84848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84848

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84848	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.164 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0817b',
    500: '#c84848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84848;
$custom-light: #e0817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5777,
    "c": 0.1635,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84848

secondary

#9AD1D1

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84848

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

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