#C8543B#C8543B

#C8543B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.154 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8543B
RGB	rgb(200, 84, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 44.69, 37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 58.26, 39.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.1278 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.154 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7819, 18.9395, 6.3295)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8543B #3BAFC8

analogous

#C83B68 #C8543B #C89A3B

triadic

#C8543B #3BC854 #543BC8

tetradic

#C8543B #68C83B #3BAFC8 #9A3BC8

square

#C8543B #68C83B #3BAFC8 #9A3BC8

split-complementary

#C8543B #3BC89A #3B68C8

monochromatic

#6B2C1E #9A3F2B #C8543B #D57E6B #E3A79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C8543B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C8543B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8543B

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8543B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8543B	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8543b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 84, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.154 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08872',
    500: '#c8543b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8543b;
$custom-light: #e08872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8543b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.638,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59123,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8543B

secondary

#90C4CF

accent

#C5DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8543B

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

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