#C8543C#C8543C

#C8543C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.153 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8543C
RGB	rgb(200, 84, 60)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 44.74, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 57.96, 39.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.1281 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.153 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8081, 18.9499, 6.4675)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8543C #3CB0C8

analogous

#C83C6A #C8543C #C89A3C

triadic

#C8543C #3CC854 #543CC8

tetradic

#C8543C #6AC83C #3CB0C8 #9A3CC8

square

#C8543C #6AC83C #3CB0C8 #9A3CC8

split-complementary

#C8543C #3CC89A #3C6AC8

monochromatic

#6B2B1E #9B3F2C #C8543C #D57E6C #E3A89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C8543C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C8543C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8543C

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8543C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8543C	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#736939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8543c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 84, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.153 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08872',
    500: '#c8543c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8543c;
$custom-light: #e08872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8543c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59136,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8543C

secondary

#91C4CF

accent

#C5DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8543C

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

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