#C8516D#C8516D

#C8516D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.153 H 8.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8516D
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 109)
HSL	hsl(346, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(346, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 45.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, 49.81, 8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 50.55, 9.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.1514 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.153 8.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5243, 19.2718, 16.6301)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8516D #51C8AC

analogous

#C851A9 #C8516D #C87051

triadic

#C8516D #6DC851 #516DC8

tetradic

#C8516D #A9C851 #51C8AC #7051C8

square

#C8516D #A9C851 #51C8AC #7051C8

split-complementary

#C8516D #51C870 #51A9C8

monochromatic

#792639 #A73550 #C8516D #D78094 #E5AEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C8516D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C8516D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8516D

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8516D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8516D	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88826A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8516d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.153 8.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8796',
    500: '#c8516d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8516d;
$custom-light: #dd8796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8516d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59713,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 8.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8516D

secondary

#A1D3C8

accent

#DBBA4C

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FCF0F2

border

#D5CBCC

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8516D

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

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