#C93242#C93242

#C93242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.187 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C93242
RGB	rgb(201, 50, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.1%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.77, 59.23, 27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.77, 65.34, 24.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.1749 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.187 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2142, 15.0960, 6.6867)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C93242 #32C9B9

analogous

#C9328E #C93242 #C96D32

triadic

#C93242 #42C932 #3242C9

tetradic

#C93242 #8EC932 #32C9B9 #6D32C9

square

#C93242 #8EC932 #32C9B9 #6D32C9

split-complementary

#C93242 #32C96D #328EC9

monochromatic

#671A22 #982632 #C93242 #D8616D #E4929A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C93242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C93242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C93242

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C93242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C93242	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c93242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 50, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.187 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27676',
    500: '#c93242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c93242;
$custom-light: #e27676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c93242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.642,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5555,
    "c": 0.18652,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C93242

secondary

#88CFC7

accent

#E3D244

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C93242

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

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