#C54949#C54949

#C54949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.159 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54949
RGB	rgb(197, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 49.48, 26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 56.16, 28.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.1458 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.159 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6137, 17.1200, 8.2051)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54949 #49C5C5

analogous

#C54987 #C54949 #C58749

triadic

#C54949 #49C549 #4949C5

tetradic

#C54949 #87C549 #49C5C5 #8749C5

square

#C54949 #87C549 #49C5C5 #8749C5

split-complementary

#C54949 #49C587 #4987C5

monochromatic

#702424 #9E3232 #C54949 #D47777 #E3A6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C54949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C54949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54949

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54949	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.159 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd817b',
    500: '#c54949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54949;
$custom-light: #dd817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5743,
    "c": 0.15901,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54949

secondary

#9AD0D0

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54949

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

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