#C84A42#C84A42

#C84A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.162 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84A42
RGB	rgb(200, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 49.65, 31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 58.79, 32.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1446 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.162 27)
XYZ	xyz(27.2543, 17.5740, 7.1102)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84A42 #42C0C8

analogous

#C8427D #C84A42 #C88D42

triadic

#C84A42 #42C84A #4A42C8

tetradic

#C84A42 #7DC842 #42C0C8 #8D42C8

square

#C84A42 #7DC842 #42C0C8 #8D42C8

split-complementary

#C84A42 #42C88D #427DC8

monochromatic

#6F2520 #9F352E #C84A42 #D67771 #E4A5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C84A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C84A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84A42

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84A42	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.162 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08276',
    500: '#c84a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84a42;
$custom-light: #e08276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.582,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57916,
    "c": 0.16227,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.1757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84A42

secondary

#96CDD0

accent

#D5DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84A42

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

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