#C93937#C93937

#C93937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.181 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C93937
RGB	rgb(201, 57, 55)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 56.29, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 66.25, 31.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1632 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.181 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2431, 15.6236, 5.2475)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C93937 #37C7C9

analogous

#C9377E #C93937 #C98237

triadic

#C93937 #37C939 #3937C9

tetradic

#C93937 #7EC937 #37C7C9 #8237C9

square

#C93937 #7EC937 #37C7C9 #8237C9

split-complementary

#C93937 #37C982 #377EC9

monochromatic

#691D1C #992B29 #C93937 #D66967 #E39897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C93937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C93937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C93937

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C93937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C93937	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c93937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 57, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.181 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2796e',
    500: '#c93937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c93937;
$custom-light: #e2796e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c93937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.822,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56029,
    "c": 0.18139,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C93937

secondary

#8DCECF

accent

#DFE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C93937

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

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