#C8504E#C8504E

#C8504E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.154 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8504E
RGB	rgb(200, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 47.69, 25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 54.31, 28.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1407 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.154 24)
XYZ	xyz(28.0658, 18.5704, 9.3128)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8504E #4EC6C8

analogous

#C84E89 #C8504E #C88D4E

triadic

#C8504E #4EC850 #504EC8

tetradic

#C8504E #89C84E #4EC6C8 #8D4EC8

square

#C8504E #89C84E #4EC6C8 #8D4EC8

split-complementary

#C8504E #4EC88D #4E89C8

monochromatic

#772625 #A53533 #C8504E #D77E7D #E5ACAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#C8504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#C8504E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8504E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8504E	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E674D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.154 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df867f',
    500: '#c8504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8504e;
$custom-light: #df867f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.984,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58884,
    "c": 0.154,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.18567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8504E

secondary

#9FD2D3

accent

#DADC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8504E

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

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