#C93949#C93949

#C93949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.180 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C93949
RGB	rgb(201, 57, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 57.22, 24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 62.29, 23.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1699 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.18 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7559, 15.8287, 7.9484)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C93949 #39C9B9

analogous

#C93991 #C93949 #C97139

triadic

#C93949 #49C939 #3949C9

tetradic

#C93949 #91C939 #39C9B9 #7139C9

square

#C93949 #91C939 #39C9B9 #7139C9

split-complementary

#C93949 #39C971 #3991C9

monochromatic

#6B1D26 #9B2A37 #C93949 #D66975 #E399A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C93949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C93949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C93949

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C93949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C93949	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c93949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 57, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.180 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17a7b',
    500: '#c93949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c93949;
$custom-light: #e17a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c93949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56319,
    "c": 0.17981,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C93949

secondary

#8FCFC8

accent

#E0CF47

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C93949

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

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