#C9404B#C9404B

#C9404B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.173 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9404B
RGB	rgb(201, 64, 75)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 62.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 54.70, 24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 60.01, 24.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1622 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.173 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1935, 16.5961, 8.4267)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9404B #40C9BE

analogous

#C94090 #C9404B #C97940

triadic

#C9404B #4BC940 #404BC9

tetradic

#C9404B #90C940 #40C9BE #7940C9

square

#C9404B #90C940 #40C9BE #7940C9

split-complementary

#C9404B #40C979 #4090C9

monochromatic

#6F1F26 #9F2D36 #C9404B #D67078 #E49FA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C9404B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C9404B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9404B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9404B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9404B	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9404b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 64, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.173 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d7d',
    500: '#c9404b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9404b;
$custom-light: #e07d7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9404b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.182,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57074,
    "c": 0.17271,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9404B

secondary

#94D0CC

accent

#DFD349

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9404B

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

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