#C84E42#C84E42

#C84E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.158 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84E42
RGB	rgb(200, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 47.86, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 57.74, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.139 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.158 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5299, 18.1252, 7.2020)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84E42 #42BCC8

analogous

#C84279 #C84E42 #C89142

triadic

#C84E42 #42C84E #4E42C8

tetradic

#C84E42 #79C842 #42BCC8 #9142C8

square

#C84E42 #79C842 #42BCC8 #9142C8

split-complementary

#C84E42 #42C891 #4279C8

monochromatic

#6F2720 #9F382E #C84E42 #D67A71 #E4A7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C84E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#C84E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C84E42

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C84E42	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.158 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08477',
    500: '#c84e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84e42;
$custom-light: #e08477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.373,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58422,
    "c": 0.15813,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84E42

secondary

#96CBD0

accent

#D1DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84E42

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

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