#C9402E#C9402E

#C9402E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.177 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9402E
RGB	rgb(201, 64, 46)
HSL	hsl(7, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 53.25, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 67.16, 37.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1518 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.177 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4169, 16.2855, 4.3367)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9402E #2EB7C9

analogous

#C92E69 #C9402E #C98D2E

triadic

#C9402E #2EC940 #402EC9

tetradic

#C9402E #69C92E #2EB7C9 #8D2EC9

square

#C9402E #69C92E #2EB7C9 #8D2EC9

split-complementary

#C9402E #2EC98D #2E69C9

monochromatic

#652017 #973023 #C9402E #D9695B #E5978D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#C9402E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#C9402E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9402E

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9402E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9402E	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD123D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9402e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 64, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.177 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27d68',
    500: '#c9402e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9402e;
$custom-light: #e27d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9402e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.968,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56646,
    "c": 0.17652,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9402E

secondary

#84C6CF

accent

#D3E642

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9402E

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

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