#C84E2E#C84E2E

#C84E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.163 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84E2E
RGB	rgb(200, 78, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 77%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 46.91, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 63.64, 42.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1322 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.163 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0399, 17.9292, 4.6211)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84E2E #2EA8C8

analogous

#C82E5B #C84E2E #C89B2E

triadic

#C84E2E #2EC84E #4E2EC8

tetradic

#C84E2E #5BC82E #2EA8C8 #9B2EC8

square

#C84E2E #5BC82E #2EA8C8 #9B2EC8

split-complementary

#C84E2E #2EC89B #2E5BC8

monochromatic

#642717 #963B23 #C84E2E #D9755A #E59E8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C84E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C84E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C84E2E

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C84E2E	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70642A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E802A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 78, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.163 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18469',
    500: '#c84e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84e2e;
$custom-light: #e18469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.468,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58166,
    "c": 0.1626,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84E2E

secondary

#83BFCF

accent

#C4E642

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84E2E

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

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