#C94043#C94043

#C94043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.173 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94043
RGB	rgb(201, 64, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 54.22, 29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 61.62, 28.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1592 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.173 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9367, 16.4934, 7.0743)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94043 #40C9C6

analogous

#C94088 #C94043 #C98240

triadic

#C94043 #43C940 #4043C9

tetradic

#C94043 #88C940 #40C9C6 #8240C9

square

#C94043 #88C940 #40C9C6 #8240C9

split-complementary

#C94043 #40C982 #4088C9

monochromatic

#6F1F21 #9F2D2F #C94043 #D67072 #E49FA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C94043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C94043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94043

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94043	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)

#655E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 64, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.173 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17d77',
    500: '#c94043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94043;
$custom-light: #e17d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.686,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56933,
    "c": 0.17337,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94043

secondary

#94D0CF

accent

#DFDC49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94043

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

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