#C93A42#C93A42

#C93A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.179 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C93A42
RGB	rgb(201, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 56.46, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 63.39, 27.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.166 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.179 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5867, 15.8409, 6.8109)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C93A42 #3AC9C1

analogous

#C93A8A #C93A42 #C9793A

triadic

#C93A42 #42C93A #3A42C9

tetradic

#C93A42 #8AC93A #3AC9C1 #793AC9

square

#C93A42 #8AC93A #3AC9C1 #793AC9

split-complementary

#C93A42 #3AC979 #3A8AC9

monochromatic

#6B1D22 #9B2B31 #C93A42 #D66A70 #E39A9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C93A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C93A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C93A42

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C93A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C93A42	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD053E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c93a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.179 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17a76',
    500: '#c93a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c93a42;
$custom-light: #e17a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c93a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.643,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56294,
    "c": 0.17928,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C93A42

secondary

#90CFCC

accent

#E0D848

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C93A42

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

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