#C8603E#C8603E

#C8603E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.141 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8603E
RGB	rgb(200, 96, 62)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 38.94, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 54.70, 44.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.1106 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.141 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8745, 20.9964, 7.0887)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8603E #3EA6C8

analogous

#C83E61 #C8603E #C8A53E

triadic

#C8603E #3EC860 #603EC8

tetradic

#C8603E #61C83E #3EA6C8 #A53EC8

square

#C8603E #61C83E #3EA6C8 #A53EC8

split-complementary

#C8603E #3EC8A5 #3E61C8

monochromatic

#6D321F #9C482D #C8603E #D6876E #E3AE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#C8603E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#C8603E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8603E

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8603E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8603E	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C703A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8603e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 96, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.141 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8f74',
    500: '#c8603e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8603e;
$custom-light: #df8f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8603e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.783,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60903,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8603E

secondary

#92C0CF

accent

#BADF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8603E

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

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