#C84940#C84940

#C84940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.164 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C84940
RGBrgb(200, 73, 64)
HSLhsl(4, 55%, 52%)
HSVhsv(4, 68%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 63.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(48.78, 49.97, 32.41)
CIE-LCHlch(48.78, 59.56, 32.97°)
OKLaboklab(57.76% 0.1453 0.0753)
OKLCHoklch(57.76% 0.164 27.4)
XYZxyz(27.1302, 17.4184, 6.7830)
Luminance0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C84940 #40BFC8
analogous
#C8407B #C84940 #C88D40
triadic
#C84940 #40C849 #4940C8
tetradic
#C84940 #7BC840 #40BFC8 #8D40C8
square
#C84940 #7BC840 #40BFC8 #8D40C8
split-complementary
#C84940 #40C88D #407BC8
monochromatic
#6E2520 #9D352D #C84940 #D67670 #E3A49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68
#C84940 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48
#C84940 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84940
4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C84940#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C849401.004.684.484.68
#FFFFFF4.681.0021.001.00
#0000004.4821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.681.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6B633E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8B7E3C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DB2B48
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c84940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.164 27.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08275',
    500: '#c84940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c84940;
$custom-light: #e08275;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c84940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.971,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57762,
    "c": 0.16363,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C84940
secondary
#94CCD0
accent
#D5DF49
background
#FEF8F7
surface
#FDEFED
border
#D5CAC8
text
#170B08
muted
#857C7B

Preview Lab

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#C84940 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva