#C6423D#C6423D

#C6423D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.169 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6423D
RGB	rgb(198, 66, 61)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 69.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 52.11, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 61.30, 31.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1516 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.169 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0820, 16.2429, 6.1758)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6423D #3DC1C6

analogous

#C63D7C #C6423D #C6863D

triadic

#C6423D #3DC642 #423DC6

tetradic

#C6423D #7CC63D #3DC1C6 #863DC6

square

#C6423D #7CC63D #3DC1C6 #863DC6

split-complementary

#C6423D #3DC686 #3D7CC6

monochromatic

#6A221F #99312D #C6423D #D4706C #E29E9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#C6423D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#C6423D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C6423D

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6423D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C6423D	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D91E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6423d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 66, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.169 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e73',
    500: '#c6423d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6423d;
$custom-light: #df7e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6423d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.19,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56564,
    "c": 0.16899,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6423D

secondary

#91CCCE

accent

#D9DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6423D

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

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