#C84F42#C84F42

#C84F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.157 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C84F42
RGB	rgb(200, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 47.40, 32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 57.48, 34.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1376 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.157 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6015, 18.2684, 7.2259)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C84F42 #42BBC8

analogous

#C84278 #C84F42 #C89242

triadic

#C84F42 #42C84F #4F42C8

tetradic

#C84F42 #78C842 #42BBC8 #9242C8

square

#C84F42 #78C842 #42BBC8 #9242C8

split-complementary

#C84F42 #42C892 #4278C8

monochromatic

#6F2820 #9F392E #C84F42 #D67B71 #E4A7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C84F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C84F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C84F42

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C84F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C84F42	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c84f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.157 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08577',
    500: '#c84f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c84f42;
$custom-light: #e08577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c84f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.821,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58551,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C84F42

secondary

#96CAD0

accent

#D0DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C84F42

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

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