#C8595B#C8595B

#C8595B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.142 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8595B
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 91)
HSL	hsl(359, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(359, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, 44.41, 20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 49.02, 25.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1325 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.142 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2825, 20.1829, 12.2491)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8595B #59C8C6

analogous

#C85993 #C8595B #C88F59

triadic

#C8595B #5BC859 #595BC8

tetradic

#C8595B #93C859 #59C8C6 #8F59C8

square

#C8595B #93C859 #59C8C6 #8F59C8

split-complementary

#C8595B #59C88F #5993C8

monochromatic

#7D292B #AB393B #C8595B #D78788 #E6B5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C8595B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C8595B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8595B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8595B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8595B	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8595b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.142 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b89',
    500: '#c8595b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8595b;
$custom-light: #de8b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8595b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.919,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60365,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8595B

secondary

#A8D5D4

accent

#DAD74E

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8595B

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

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