#C8516E#C8516E

#C8516E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.153 H 7.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8516E
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 110)
HSL	hsl(345, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(345, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 45%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 49.91, 8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 50.56, 9.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1518 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.153 7.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5784, 19.2934, 16.9152)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8516E #51C8AB

analogous

#C851AA #C8516E #C86F51

triadic

#C8516E #6EC851 #516EC8

tetradic

#C8516E #AAC851 #51C8AB #6F51C8

square

#C8516E #AAC851 #51C8AB #6F51C8

split-complementary

#C8516E #51C86F #51AAC8

monochromatic

#79263A #A73551 #C8516E #D78095 #E5AEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C8516E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#C8516E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8516E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8516E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8516E	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88826B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8516e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.153 7.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8797',
    500: '#c8516e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8516e;
$custom-light: #dd8797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8516e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.378,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5974,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 7.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8516E

secondary

#A1D3C7

accent

#DBB94C

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FCF0F2

border

#D5CBCC

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8516E

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

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