#C8514D#C8514D

#C8514D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.153 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8514D
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 77)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.34, 47.16, 26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.34, 54.23, 29.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1389 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.153 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1040, 18.7037, 9.1500)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8514D #4DC4C8

analogous

#C84D87 #C8514D #C88F4D

triadic

#C8514D #4DC851 #514DC8

tetradic

#C8514D #87C84D #4DC4C8 #8F4DC8

square

#C8514D #87C84D #4DC4C8 #8F4DC8

split-complementary

#C8514D #4DC88F #4D87C8

monochromatic

#762724 #A53733 #C8514D #D67F7C #E5ACAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C8514D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C8514D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8514D

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8514D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8514D	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D814A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8514d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.153 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df867f',
    500: '#c8514d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8514d;
$custom-light: #df867f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8514d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.951,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58997,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8514D

secondary

#9ED1D2

accent

#D8DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8514D

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

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