#C7423C#C7423C

#C7423C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.170 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7423C
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 60)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 52.39, 33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 61.97, 32.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1522 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.17 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3198, 16.3686, 6.0476)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7423C #3CC1C7

analogous

#C73C7B #C7423C #C7873C

triadic

#C7423C #3CC742 #423CC7

tetradic

#C7423C #7BC73C #3CC1C7 #873CC7

square

#C7423C #7BC73C #3CC1C7 #873CC7

split-complementary

#C7423C #3CC787 #3C7BC7

monochromatic

#6A221E #9A312C #C7423C #D5706C #E29E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#C7423C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#C7423C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C7423C

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7423C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C7423C	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7423c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.170 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e72',
    500: '#c7423c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7423c;
$custom-light: #e07e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7423c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.59,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56714,
    "c": 0.17021,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7423C

secondary

#91CCCE

accent

#D8DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7423C

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

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