#C94048#C94048

#C94048 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.173 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94048
RGB	rgb(201, 64, 72)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 54.51, 26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 60.57, 25.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1611 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.173 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0933, 16.5560, 7.8986)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94048 #40C9C1

analogous

#C9408D #C94048 #C97C40

triadic

#C94048 #48C940 #4048C9

tetradic

#C94048 #8DC940 #40C9C1 #7C40C9

square

#C94048 #8DC940 #40C9C1 #7C40C9

split-complementary

#C94048 #40C97C #408DC9

monochromatic

#6F1F24 #9F2D34 #C94048 #D67076 #E49FA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C94048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C94048 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94048

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94048	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 64, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.173 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17d7b',
    500: '#c94048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94048;
$custom-light: #e17d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.496,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57019,
    "c": 0.17291,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94048

secondary

#94D0CD

accent

#DFD649

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94048

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

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