#C84C42#C84C42

#C84C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.160 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84C42
RGB	rgb(200, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 48.76, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 58.26, 33.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1418 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.16 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3900, 17.8453, 7.1554)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84C42 #42BEC8

analogous

#C8427B #C84C42 #C88F42

triadic

#C84C42 #42C84C #4C42C8

tetradic

#C84C42 #7BC842 #42BEC8 #8F42C8

square

#C84C42 #7BC842 #42BEC8 #8F42C8

split-complementary

#C84C42 #42C88F #427BC8

monochromatic

#6F2620 #9F372E #C84C42 #D67971 #E4A6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C84C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C84C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84C42

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84C42	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.160 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08376',
    500: '#c84c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84c42;
$custom-light: #e08376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.478,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58166,
    "c": 0.1602,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84C42

secondary

#96CCD0

accent

#D3DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84C42

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

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