#C04940#C04940

#C04940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.155 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C04940
RGB	rgb(192, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 47.19, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 56.16, 32.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% 0.1374 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.155 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0487, 16.3451, 6.6854)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C04940 #40B7C0

analogous

#C04077 #C04940 #C08940

triadic

#C04940 #40C049 #4940C0

tetradic

#C04940 #77C040 #40B7C0 #8940C0

square

#C04940 #77C040 #40B7C0 #8940C0

split-complementary

#C04940 #40C089 #4077C0

monochromatic

#642621 #923730 #C04940 #CF756E #DEA19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#C04940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#C04940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C04940

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C04940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C04940	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D22F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c04940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.155 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8175',
    500: '#c04940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c04940;
$custom-light: #da8175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c04940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.219,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56482,
    "c": 0.15483,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C04940

secondary

#91C6CB

accent

#D0DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C04940

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

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