#C84A36#C84A36

#C84A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.165 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84A36
RGB	rgb(200, 74, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 49.04, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 62.10, 37.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1404 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.165 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9369, 17.4471, 5.4385)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84A36 #36B4C8

analogous

#C8366B #C84A36 #C89336

triadic

#C84A36 #36C84A #4A36C8

tetradic

#C84A36 #6BC836 #36B4C8 #9336C8

square

#C84A36 #6BC836 #36B4C8 #9336C8

split-complementary

#C84A36 #36C893 #366BC8

monochromatic

#68261C #983829 #C84A36 #D67566 #E3A096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C84A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C84A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84A36

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84A36	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 74, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.165 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1826e',
    500: '#c84a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84a36;
$custom-light: #e1826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.219,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57747,
    "c": 0.16457,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84A36

secondary

#8CC5CE

accent

#CCE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84A36

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

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