#C93938#C93938

#C93938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.181 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C93938
RGB	rgb(201, 57, 56)
HSL	hsl(0, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, 56.33, 34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 65.99, 31.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1635 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.181 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2673, 15.6332, 5.3750)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C93938 #38C8C9

analogous

#C9387F #C93938 #C98238

triadic

#C93938 #38C939 #3938C9

tetradic

#C93938 #7FC938 #38C8C9 #8238C9

square

#C93938 #7FC938 #38C8C9 #8238C9

split-complementary

#C93938 #38C982 #387FC9

monochromatic

#6A1D1D #9A2B2A #C93938 #D66968 #E39998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C93938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C93938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C93938

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C93938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C93938	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c93938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 57, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.181 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2796f',
    500: '#c93938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c93938;
$custom-light: #e2796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c93938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.414,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56042,
    "c": 0.18127,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C93938

secondary

#8ECECF

accent

#E0E147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C93938

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

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