#C84938#C84938

#C84938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.165 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84938
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 49.57, 36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 61.76, 36.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1424 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.165 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9186, 17.3338, 5.6689)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84938 #38B7C8

analogous

#C8386F #C84938 #C89138

triadic

#C84938 #38C849 #4938C8

tetradic

#C84938 #6FC838 #38B7C8 #9138C8

square

#C84938 #6FC838 #38B7C8 #9138C8

split-complementary

#C84938 #38C891 #386FC8

monochromatic

#69261D #99372A #C84938 #D57568 #E3A198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C84938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C84938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84938

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84938	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.165 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0816f',
    500: '#c84938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84938;
$custom-light: #e0816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.083,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57649,
    "c": 0.16513,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84938

secondary

#8EC6CE

accent

#CEE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84938

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

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