#C9224A#C9224A

#C9224A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.199 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9224A
RGB	rgb(201, 34, 74)
HSL	hsl(346, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(346, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 63.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 64.16, 20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 67.46, 17.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.1924 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.199 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8983, 14.0600, 7.8274)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9224A #22C9A1

analogous

#C9229D #C9224A #C94D22

triadic

#C9224A #4AC922 #224AC9

tetradic

#C9224A #9DC922 #22C9A1 #4D22C9

square

#C9224A #9DC922 #22C9A1 #4D22C9

split-complementary

#C9224A #22C94D #229DC9

monochromatic

#601023 #951937 #C9224A #E0486D #E97C96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#C9224A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#C9224A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9224A

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9224A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9224A	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55534A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9224a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 34, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.199 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2717c',
    500: '#c9224a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9224a;
$custom-light: #e2717c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9224a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.629,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54525,
    "c": 0.19885,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9224A

secondary

#76D1BB

accent

#EEC33A

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEDEE

border

#D6C8C9

text

#170909

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9224A

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

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