#C84A40#C84A40

#C84A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.163 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84A40
RGB	rgb(200, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 49.54, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 59.31, 33.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.1439 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.163 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1964, 17.5508, 6.8051)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84A40 #40BEC8

analogous

#C8407A #C84A40 #C88E40

triadic

#C84A40 #40C84A #4A40C8

tetradic

#C84A40 #7AC840 #40BEC8 #8E40C8

square

#C84A40 #7AC840 #40BEC8 #8E40C8

split-complementary

#C84A40 #40C88E #407AC8

monochromatic

#6E2520 #9D362D #C84A40 #D67770 #E3A49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#C84A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C84A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84A40

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84A40	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)

#6C633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.163 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08275',
    500: '#c84a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84a40;
$custom-light: #e08275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.412,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57885,
    "c": 0.16262,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84A40

secondary

#94CBD0

accent

#D4DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84A40

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

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