#C84E38#C84E38

#C84E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.160 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84E38
RGB	rgb(200, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 47.34, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 60.57, 38.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1354 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.16 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2604, 18.0174, 5.7829)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84E38 #38B2C8

analogous

#C8386A #C84E38 #C89638

triadic

#C84E38 #38C84E #4E38C8

tetradic

#C84E38 #6AC838 #38B2C8 #9638C8

square

#C84E38 #6AC838 #38B2C8 #9638C8

split-complementary

#C84E38 #38C896 #386AC8

monochromatic

#69291D #993B2A #C84E38 #D57968 #E3A398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C84E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C84E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C84E38

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C84E38	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#6F6535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.160 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0846f',
    500: '#c84e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84e38;
$custom-light: #e0846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58281,
    "c": 0.16025,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84E38

secondary

#8EC4CE

accent

#C9E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84E38

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

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