#C93C42#C93C42

#C93C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.177 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C93C42
RGB	rgb(201, 60, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.04, 55.71, 29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.04, 62.88, 27.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.1637 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.177 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6895, 16.0465, 6.8451)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C93C42 #3CC9C3

analogous

#C93C88 #C93C42 #C97C3C

triadic

#C93C42 #42C93C #3C42C9

tetradic

#C93C42 #88C93C #3CC9C3 #7C3CC9

square

#C93C42 #88C93C #3CC9C3 #7C3CC9

split-complementary

#C93C42 #3CC97C #3C88C9

monochromatic

#6D1E21 #9C2B30 #C93C42 #D66C70 #E49C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#C93C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#C93C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C93C42

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C93C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C93C42	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD0E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c93c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 60, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.177 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17b76',
    500: '#c93c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c93c42;
$custom-light: #e17b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c93c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.447,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56495,
    "c": 0.17738,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C93C42

secondary

#91D0CD

accent

#E0D948

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C93C42

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

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