#C14949#C14949

#C14949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.155 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C14949
RGB	rgb(193, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 48.10, 25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 54.47, 28.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1419 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.155 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5799, 16.5870, 8.1566)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C14949 #49C1C1

analogous

#C14985 #C14949 #C18549

triadic

#C14949 #49C149 #4949C1

tetradic

#C14949 #85C149 #49C1C1 #8549C1

square

#C14949 #85C149 #49C1C1 #8549C1

split-complementary

#C14949 #49C185 #4985C1

monochromatic

#6B2424 #993434 #C14949 #D17777 #E0A4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C14949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C14949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C14949

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C14949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C14949	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c14949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.155 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da817b',
    500: '#c14949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c14949;
$custom-light: #da817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c14949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56794,
    "c": 0.15459,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C14949

secondary

#99CDCD

accent

#D9D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C14949

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

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