#C84959#C84959

#C84959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.161 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84959
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(352, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 51.62, 18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 54.73, 19.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1549 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.161 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0076, 17.7694, 11.4042)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84959 #49C8B8

analogous

#C84998 #C84959 #C87849

triadic

#C84959 #59C849 #4959C8

tetradic

#C84959 #98C849 #49C8B8 #7849C8

square

#C84959 #98C849 #49C8B8 #7849C8

split-complementary

#C84959 #49C878 #4998C8

monochromatic

#74232D #A3313F #C84959 #D67884 #E4A7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C84959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C84959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84959

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84959	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA324F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.161 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8287',
    500: '#c84959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84959;
$custom-light: #df8287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.441,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58226,
    "c": 0.16137,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84959

secondary

#9BD2CB

accent

#DDCB4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84959

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

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