#C9312E#C9312E

#C9312E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.189 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9312E
RGB	rgb(201, 49, 46)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.38, 58.68, 38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.38, 70.37, 33.50°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.1688 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.189 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6819, 14.8154, 4.0916)
Luminance	0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9312E #2EC6C9

analogous

#C92E78 #C9312E #C97E2E

triadic

#C9312E #2EC931 #312EC9

tetradic

#C9312E #78C92E #2EC6C9 #7E2EC9

square

#C9312E #78C92E #2EC6C9 #7E2EC9

split-complementary

#C9312E #2EC97E #2E78C9

monochromatic

#651917 #972523 #C9312E #D95D5B #E58E8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#C9312E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#C9312E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9312E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9312E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9312E	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)

#5F562C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9312e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 49, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.189 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37667',
    500: '#c9312e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9312e;
$custom-light: #e37667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9312e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.161,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55177,
    "c": 0.18925,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9312E

secondary

#84CECF

accent

#E3E642

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9312E

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

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