#C8595E#C8595E

#C8595E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.142 H 19.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8595E
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 94)
HSL	hsl(357, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(357, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 44.66, 19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 48.56, 23.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.1336 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.142 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4145, 20.2357, 12.9444)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8595E #59C8C3

analogous

#C85996 #C8595E #C88C59

triadic

#C8595E #5EC859 #595EC8

tetradic

#C8595E #96C859 #59C8C3 #8C59C8

square

#C8595E #96C859 #59C8C3 #8C59C8

split-complementary

#C8595E #59C88C #5996C8

monochromatic

#7D292D #AB393E #C8595E #D7878B #E6B5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#C8595E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#C8595E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8595E

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8595E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8595E	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F855C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8595e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.142 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b8b',
    500: '#c8595e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8595e;
$custom-light: #de8b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8595e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.297,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60429,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8595E

secondary

#A8D5D3

accent

#DAD34E

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8595E

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

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