#C93838#C93838

#C93838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.182 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C93838
RGB	rgb(201, 56, 56)
HSL	hsl(0, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 56.69, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 66.22, 31.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1647 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.182 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2183, 15.5353, 5.3587)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C93838 #38C9C9

analogous

#C93880 #C93838 #C98038

triadic

#C93838 #38C938 #3838C9

tetradic

#C93838 #80C938 #38C9C9 #8038C9

square

#C93838 #80C938 #38C9C9 #8038C9

split-complementary

#C93838 #38C980 #3880C9

monochromatic

#6A1D1D #9A2A2A #C93838 #D66868 #E39898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C93838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C93838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C93838

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C93838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C93838	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c93838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 56, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.182 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2796f',
    500: '#c93838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c93838;
$custom-light: #e2796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c93838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55945,
    "c": 0.18215,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C93838

secondary

#8ECFCF

accent

#E1E147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C93838

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

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