#C9383B#C9383B

#C9383B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.182 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9383B
RGB	rgb(201, 56, 59)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 56.83, 32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 65.48, 29.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1658 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.182 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2939, 15.5656, 5.7568)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9383B #38C9C6

analogous

#C93883 #C9383B #C97E38

triadic

#C9383B #3BC938 #383BC9

tetradic

#C9383B #83C938 #38C9C6 #7E38C9

square

#C9383B #83C938 #38C9C6 #7E38C9

split-complementary

#C9383B #38C97E #3883C9

monochromatic

#6A1D1E #9A2A2C #C9383B #D6686A #E3989A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C9383B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C9383B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9383B

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9383B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9383B	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)

#625A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9383b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 56, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.182 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27971',
    500: '#c9383b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9383b;
$custom-light: #e27971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9383b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.759,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55988,
    "c": 0.18181,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9383B

secondary

#8ECFCD

accent

#E1DD47

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9383B

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

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