#C9251D#C9251D

#C9251D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.200 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9251D
RGB	rgb(201, 37, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 75%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 86%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.6%, 85.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 61.66, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 77.20, 37.00°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.175 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.2 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9739, 13.8335, 2.5173)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9251D #1DC1C9

analogous

#C91D6B #C9251D #C97B1D

triadic

#C9251D #1DC925 #251DC9

tetradic

#C9251D #6BC91D #1DC1C9 #7B1DC9

square

#C9251D #6BC91D #1DC1C9 #7B1DC9

split-complementary

#C9251D #1DC97B #1D6BC9

monochromatic

#5E110E #941B15 #C9251D #E34740 #EB7B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#C9251D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#C9251D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9251D

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9251D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9251D	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837511

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9251d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 37, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.200 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4715c',
    500: '#c9251d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9251d;
$custom-light: #e4715c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9251d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.791,
    "s": 74.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54098,
    "c": 0.19965,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9251D

secondary

#70CED2

accent

#E9F136

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEDE9

border

#D7C8C5

text

#180904

muted

#867B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9251D

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

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