#C84C38#C84C38

#C84C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.162 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84C38
RGB	rgb(200, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 48.24, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 61.04, 37.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1383 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.162 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1205, 17.7375, 5.7362)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84C38 #38B4C8

analogous

#C8386C #C84C38 #C89438

triadic

#C84C38 #38C84C #4C38C8

tetradic

#C84C38 #6CC838 #38B4C8 #9438C8

square

#C84C38 #6CC838 #38B4C8 #9438C8

split-complementary

#C84C38 #38C894 #386CC8

monochromatic

#69271D #993A2A #C84C38 #D57768 #E3A298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C84C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C84C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84C38

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84C38	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.162 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0836f',
    500: '#c84c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84c38;
$custom-light: #e0836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.333,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58024,
    "c": 0.1622,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84C38

secondary

#8EC5CE

accent

#CBE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84C38

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

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