#C93231#C93231

#C93231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.188 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C93231
RGB	rgb(201, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(0, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.1%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 58.46, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 69.35, 32.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.1688 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.188 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7854, 14.9245, 4.4281)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C93231 #31C8C9

analogous

#C9317C #C93231 #C97E31

triadic

#C93231 #31C932 #3231C9

tetradic

#C93231 #7CC931 #31C8C9 #7E31C9

square

#C93231 #7CC931 #31C8C9 #7E31C9

split-complementary

#C93231 #31C97E #317CC9

monochromatic

#671A19 #982625 #C93231 #D8605F #E49190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#C93231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#C93231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C93231

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C93231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C93231	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c93231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.188 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3766a',
    500: '#c93231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c93231;
$custom-light: #e3766a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c93231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.395,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.553,
    "c": 0.18808,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C93231

secondary

#87CECF

accent

#E3E444

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C93231

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

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