#C9254E#C9254E

#C9254E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.197 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9254E
RGB	rgb(201, 37, 78)
HSL	hsl(345, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.6%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 63.67, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 66.39, 16.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% 0.1916 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.197 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1269, 14.2947, 8.5897)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9254E #25C9A0

analogous

#C925A0 #C9254E #C94E25

triadic

#C9254E #4EC925 #254EC9

tetradic

#C9254E #A0C925 #25C9A0 #4E25C9

square

#C9254E #A0C925 #25C9A0 #4E25C9

split-complementary

#C9254E #25C94E #25A0C9

monochromatic

#621226 #951B3A #C9254E #DE4D71 #E8819A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#C9254E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C9254E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9254E

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9254E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9254E	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56544E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F764A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9254e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 37, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.197 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1727f',
    500: '#c9254e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9254e;
$custom-light: #e1727f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9254e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54796,
    "c": 0.197,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9254E

secondary

#79D0BB

accent

#ECC03C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#17090A

muted

#857B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9254E

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

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