#C84D42#C84D42

#C84D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.159 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84D42
RGB	rgb(200, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 48.31, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 58.00, 33.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1404 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.159 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4594, 17.9842, 7.1785)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84D42 #42BDC8

analogous

#C8427A #C84D42 #C89042

triadic

#C84D42 #42C84D #4D42C8

tetradic

#C84D42 #7AC842 #42BDC8 #9042C8

square

#C84D42 #7AC842 #42BDC8 #9042C8

split-complementary

#C84D42 #42C890 #427AC8

monochromatic

#6F2720 #9F372E #C84D42 #D67A71 #E4A6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C84D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C84D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C84D42

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C84D42	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C803F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.159 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08476',
    500: '#c84d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84d42;
$custom-light: #e08476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.925,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58293,
    "c": 0.15917,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84D42

secondary

#96CBD0

accent

#D2DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84D42

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

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