#C84D38#C84D38

#C84D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.161 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84D38
RGB	rgb(200, 77, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 47.79, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 60.80, 38.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1369 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.161 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1899, 17.8764, 5.7593)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84D38 #38B3C8

analogous

#C8386B #C84D38 #C89538

triadic

#C84D38 #38C84D #4D38C8

tetradic

#C84D38 #6BC838 #38B3C8 #9538C8

square

#C84D38 #6BC838 #38B3C8 #9538C8

split-complementary

#C84D38 #38C895 #386BC8

monochromatic

#69281D #993A2A #C84D38 #D57868 #E3A398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C84D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C84D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C84D38

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C84D38	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 77, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.161 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0846f',
    500: '#c84d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84d38;
$custom-light: #e0846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58152,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84D38

secondary

#8EC5CE

accent

#CAE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84D38

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

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