#C9312C#C9312C

#C9312C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.190 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9312C
RGB	rgb(201, 49, 44)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.36, 58.61, 39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.36, 70.91, 34.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% 0.1682 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.19 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6434, 14.8000, 3.8888)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9312C #2CC4C9

analogous

#C92C75 #C9312C #C97F2C

triadic

#C9312C #2CC931 #312CC9

tetradic

#C9312C #75C92C #2CC4C9 #7F2CC9

square

#C9312C #75C92C #2CC4C9 #7F2CC9

split-complementary

#C9312C #2CC97F #2C75C9

monochromatic

#651916 #972521 #C9312C #DA5C58 #E58D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#C9312C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#C9312C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9312C

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9312C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9312C	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60562A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9312c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 49, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.190 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37566',
    500: '#c9312c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9312c;
$custom-light: #e37566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9312c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.911,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55155,
    "c": 0.18951,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9312C

secondary

#82CDCF

accent

#E2E741

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9312C

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

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