#C9261E#C9261E

#C9261E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.199 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9261E
RGB	rgb(201, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 85%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 85.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.09, 61.42, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.09, 76.77, 36.86°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% 0.1744 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.199 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0180, 13.9016, 2.5941)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9261E #1EC1C9

analogous

#C91E6B #C9261E #C97B1E

triadic

#C9261E #1EC926 #261EC9

tetradic

#C9261E #6BC91E #1EC1C9 #7B1EC9

square

#C9261E #6BC91E #1EC1C9 #7B1EC9

split-complementary

#C9261E #1EC97B #1E6BC9

monochromatic

#5E120E #941C16 #C9261E #E34941 #EB7C77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#C9261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#C9261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9261E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9261E	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C521A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.199 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4715c',
    500: '#c9261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9261e;
$custom-light: #e4715c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.807,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54173,
    "c": 0.19892,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9261E

secondary

#71CDD2

accent

#E8F137

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEDE9

border

#D7C8C5

text

#180904

muted

#867B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9261E

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

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