#C84949#C84949

#C84949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.162 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84949
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, 50.50, 27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 57.42, 28.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.1487 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.162 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4072, 17.5292, 8.2423)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84949 #49C8C8

analogous

#C84988 #C84949 #C88849

triadic

#C84949 #49C849 #4949C8

tetradic

#C84949 #88C849 #49C8C8 #8849C8

square

#C84949 #88C849 #49C8C8 #8849C8

split-complementary

#C84949 #49C888 #4988C8

monochromatic

#742323 #A33131 #C84949 #D67878 #E4A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#C84949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C84949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84949

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84949	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.162 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df827b',
    500: '#c84949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84949;
$custom-light: #df827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57909,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84949

secondary

#9BD2D2

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84949

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

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