#C94042#C94042

#C94042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.173 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94042
RGB	rgb(201, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 54.17, 29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 61.85, 28.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1588 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.173 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9070, 16.4815, 6.9176)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94042 #40C9C7

analogous

#C94087 #C94042 #C98340

triadic

#C94042 #42C940 #4042C9

tetradic

#C94042 #87C940 #40C9C7 #8340C9

square

#C94042 #87C940 #40C9C7 #8340C9

split-complementary

#C94042 #40C983 #4087C9

monochromatic

#6F1F21 #9F2D2F #C94042 #D67071 #E49FA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C94042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C94042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94042

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94042	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.173 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17d76',
    500: '#c94042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94042;
$custom-light: #e17d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.124,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56917,
    "c": 0.17348,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94042

secondary

#94D0D0

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94042

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

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