#C84A38#C84A38

#C84A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.164 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84A38
RGB	rgb(200, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, 49.13, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 61.52, 37.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.141 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.164 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9849, 17.4662, 5.6910)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84A38 #38B6C8

analogous

#C8386E #C84A38 #C89238

triadic

#C84A38 #38C84A #4A38C8

tetradic

#C84A38 #6EC838 #38B6C8 #9238C8

square

#C84A38 #6EC838 #38B6C8 #9238C8

split-complementary

#C84A38 #38C892 #386EC8

monochromatic

#69261D #99382A #C84A38 #D57668 #E3A198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#C84A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C84A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84A38

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84A38	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.164 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0826f',
    500: '#c84a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84a38;
$custom-light: #e0826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57773,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84A38

secondary

#8EC6CE

accent

#CDE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84A38

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

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