#C9291B#C9291B

#C9291B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.197 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9291B
RGBrgb(201, 41, 27)
HSLhsl(5, 76%, 45%)
HSVhsv(5, 87%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.6%, 86.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(44.36, 60.55, 47.72)
CIE-LCHlch(44.36, 77.09, 38.24°)
OKLaboklab(54.36% 0.1712 0.0982)
OKLCHoklch(54.36% 0.197 29.8)
XYZxyz(25.0813, 14.0866, 2.4351)
Luminance0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9291B #1BBBC9
analogous
#C91B64 #C9291B #C9801B
triadic
#C9291B #1BC929 #291BC9
tetradic
#C9291B #64C91B #1BBBC9 #801BC9
square
#C9291B #64C91B #1BBBC9 #801BC9
split-complementary
#C9291B #1BC980 #1B64C9
monochromatic
#5D130D #931E14 #C9291B #E54A3C #EC7C72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50
#C9291B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82
#C9291B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9291B
5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9291B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C9291B1.005.503.825.50
#FFFFFF5.501.0021.001.00
#0000003.8221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.501.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5D5216
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#84750F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DE0028
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9291b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 41, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.197 29.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4725b',
    500: '#c9291b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9291b;
$custom-light: #e4725b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9291b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.828,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54363,
    "c": 0.19732,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9291B
secondary
#6DCBD3
accent
#E4F335
background
#FFF7F5
surface
#FFEDE9
border
#D7C8C5
text
#180904
muted
#867B79

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#C9291B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva