#C14940#C14940

#C14940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.156 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C14940
RGB	rgb(193, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 47.54, 30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 56.59, 32.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1384 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.156 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3028, 16.4761, 6.6973)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C14940 #40B8C1

analogous

#C14077 #C14940 #C18940

triadic

#C14940 #40C149 #4940C1

tetradic

#C14940 #77C140 #40B8C1 #8940C1

square

#C14940 #77C140 #40B8C1 #8940C1

split-complementary

#C14940 #40C189 #4077C1

monochromatic

#662621 #943730 #C14940 #D0756E #DFA19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C14940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C14940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C14940

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C14940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C14940	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69613E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D42E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c14940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.156 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8175',
    500: '#c14940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c14940;
$custom-light: #db8175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c14940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.186,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56641,
    "c": 0.15595,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C14940

secondary

#92C7CB

accent

#D1DA4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C14940

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

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