#C14A42#C14A42

#C14A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.155 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C14A42
RGB	rgb(193, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 47.20, 29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 55.81, 32.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1378 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.155 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4270, 16.6318, 7.0245)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C14A42 #42B9C1

analogous

#C14279 #C14A42 #C18A42

triadic

#C14A42 #42C14A #4A42C1

tetradic

#C14A42 #79C142 #42B9C1 #8A42C1

square

#C14A42 #79C142 #42B9C1 #8A42C1

split-complementary

#C14A42 #42C18A #4279C1

monochromatic

#672622 #953731 #C14A42 #D07670 #DFA29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#C14A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C14A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C14A42

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C14A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C14A42	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D33049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c14a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.155 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8276',
    500: '#c14a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c14a42;
$custom-light: #da8276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c14a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.78,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56801,
    "c": 0.15454,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C14A42

secondary

#93C8CC

accent

#D1DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C14A42

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

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