#C94045#C94045

#C94045 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.173 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94045
RGB	rgb(201, 64, 69)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 54.34, 28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 61.19, 27.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1599 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.173 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9978, 16.5178, 7.3957)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94045 #40C9C4

analogous

#C9408A #C94045 #C98040

triadic

#C94045 #45C940 #4045C9

tetradic

#C94045 #8AC940 #40C9C4 #8040C9

square

#C94045 #8AC940 #40C9C4 #8040C9

split-complementary

#C94045 #40C980 #408AC9

monochromatic

#6F1F22 #9F2D31 #C94045 #D67073 #E49FA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C94045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C94045 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94045

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94045	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 64, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.173 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17d78',
    500: '#c94045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94045;
$custom-light: #e17d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.81,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56967,
    "c": 0.17317,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94045

secondary

#94D0CE

accent

#DFDA49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94045

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

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