#C93E38#C93E38

#C93E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.177 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C93E38
RGB	rgb(201, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 54.45, 35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 64.82, 32.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1576 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.177 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5268, 16.1522, 5.4615)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C93E38 #38C3C9

analogous

#C9387A #C93E38 #C98738

triadic

#C93E38 #38C93E #3E38C9

tetradic

#C93E38 #7AC938 #38C3C9 #8738C9

square

#C93E38 #7AC938 #38C3C9 #8738C9

split-complementary

#C93E38 #38C987 #387AC9

monochromatic

#6A201D #9A2E2A #C93E38 #D66D68 #E39B98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#C93E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#C93E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C93E38

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C93E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C93E38	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD0F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c93e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.177 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27c6f',
    500: '#c93e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c93e38;
$custom-light: #e27c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c93e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.483,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56553,
    "c": 0.17671,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C93E38

secondary

#8ECCCF

accent

#DAE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C93E38

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

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