#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
RGB	rgb(201, 41, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 76%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 86.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 60.55, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 77.09, 38.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% 0.1712 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.197 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0813, 14.0866, 2.4351)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

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
##C9291B	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9291B

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

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