#C94049#C94049

#C94049 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.173 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94049
RGB	rgb(201, 64, 73)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 54.57, 25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 60.38, 25.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1614 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.173 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1261, 16.5692, 8.0718)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94049 #40C9C0

analogous

#C9408E #C94049 #C97B40

triadic

#C94049 #49C940 #4049C9

tetradic

#C94049 #8EC940 #40C9C0 #7B40C9

square

#C94049 #8EC940 #40C9C0 #7B40C9

split-complementary

#C94049 #40C97B #408EC9

monochromatic

#6F1F25 #9F2D34 #C94049 #D67076 #E49FA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C94049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C94049 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94049

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94049	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)

#655F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 64, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.173 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17d7b',
    500: '#c94049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94049;
$custom-light: #e17d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.058,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57037,
    "c": 0.17284,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94049

secondary

#94D0CC

accent

#DFD549

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94049

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

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