#C14959#C14959

#C14959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.154 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C14959
RGB	rgb(193, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(352, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(352, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 49.28, 16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 51.93, 18.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1482 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.154 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1803, 16.8271, 11.3186)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C14959 #49C1B1

analogous

#C14995 #C14959 #C17549

triadic

#C14959 #59C149 #4959C1

tetradic

#C14959 #95C149 #49C1B1 #7549C1

square

#C14959 #95C149 #49C1B1 #7549C1

split-complementary

#C14959 #49C175 #4995C1

monochromatic

#6B242E #993441 #C14959 #D17783 #E0A4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C14959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C14959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C14959

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C14959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C14959	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c14959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.154 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98187',
    500: '#c14959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c14959;
$custom-light: #d98187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c14959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57123,
    "c": 0.15378,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C14959

secondary

#99CDC6

accent

#D9C64F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C14959

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

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