#C93827#C93827

#C93827 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.185 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C93827
RGB	rgb(201, 56, 39)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 80.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, 56.05, 43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 70.91, 37.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1592 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.185 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8708, 15.3964, 3.5286)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C93827 #27B8C9

analogous

#C92767 #C93827 #C98927

triadic

#C93827 #27C938 #3827C9

tetradic

#C93827 #67C927 #27B8C9 #8927C9

square

#C93827 #67C927 #27B8C9 #8927C9

split-complementary

#C93827 #27C989 #2767C9

monochromatic

#621B13 #962A1D #C93827 #DD5F50 #E78E83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C93827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C93827 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C93827

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C93827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C93827	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c93827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 56, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.185 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37963',
    500: '#c93827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c93827;
$custom-light: #e37963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c93827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.296,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55746,
    "c": 0.18458,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C93827

secondary

#7CC7D0

accent

#D8EA3D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C93827

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

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