#C14942#C14942

#C14942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.156 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C14942
RGB	rgb(193, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 47.66, 29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 56.08, 31.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1392 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.156 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3607, 16.4993, 7.0024)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C14942 #42BAC1

analogous

#C1427A #C14942 #C18842

triadic

#C14942 #42C149 #4942C1

tetradic

#C14942 #7AC142 #42BAC1 #8842C1

square

#C14942 #7AC142 #42BAC1 #8842C1

split-complementary

#C14942 #42C188 #427AC1

monochromatic

#672622 #953631 #C14942 #D07570 #DFA29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C14942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C14942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C14942

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C14942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C14942	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D32F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c14942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.156 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8176',
    500: '#c14942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c14942;
$custom-light: #db8176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c14942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.307,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56673,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C14942

secondary

#93C8CC

accent

#D2DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C14942

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

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