#C8594E#C8594E

#C8594E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.144 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8594E
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 78)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 43.42, 28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 51.70, 32.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1273 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.144 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7695, 19.9777, 9.5473)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8594E #4EBDC8

analogous

#C84E80 #C8594E #C8964E

triadic

#C8594E #4EC859 #594EC8

tetradic

#C8594E #80C84E #4EBDC8 #964EC8

square

#C8594E #80C84E #4EBDC8 #964EC8

split-complementary

#C8594E #4EC896 #4E80C8

monochromatic

#772C25 #A53E33 #C8594E #D7857D #E5B1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C8594E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#C8594E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8594E

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8594E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8594E	1.00	4.20	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8594e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.144 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b7f',
    500: '#c8594e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8594e;
$custom-light: #de8b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8594e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.41,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60115,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8594E

secondary

#9FCED3

accent

#CFDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8594E

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

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