#C9271D#C9271D

#C9271D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.198 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9271D
RGB	rgb(201, 39, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 75%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 86%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 85.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 61.14, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 76.88, 37.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.1733 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.198 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0379, 13.9614, 2.5387)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9271D #1DBFC9

analogous

#C91D69 #C9271D #C97D1D

triadic

#C9271D #1DC927 #271DC9

tetradic

#C9271D #69C91D #1DBFC9 #7D1DC9

square

#C9271D #69C91D #1DBFC9 #7D1DC9

split-complementary

#C9271D #1DC97D #1D69C9

monochromatic

#5E120E #941D15 #C9271D #E34940 #EB7C75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#C9271D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#C9271D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9271D

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9271D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9271D	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847512

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9271d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 39, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.198 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4715c',
    500: '#c9271d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9271d;
$custom-light: #e4715c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9271d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.488,
    "s": 74.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54234,
    "c": 0.1984,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9271D

secondary

#70CCD2

accent

#E7F136

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEDE9

border

#D7C8C5

text

#180904

muted

#867B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9271D

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

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