#C9404E#C9404E

#C9404E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.173 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9404E
RGB	rgb(201, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 54.89, 22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 59.49, 22.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1634 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.173 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2986, 16.6382, 8.9803)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9404E #40C9BB

analogous

#C94092 #C9404E #C97740

triadic

#C9404E #4EC940 #404EC9

tetradic

#C9404E #92C940 #40C9BB #7740C9

square

#C9404E #92C940 #40C9BB #7740C9

split-complementary

#C9404E #40C977 #4092C9

monochromatic

#6F1F28 #9F2D39 #C9404E #D6707A #E49FA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#C9404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C9404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9404E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9404E	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.173 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07d7f',
    500: '#c9404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9404e;
$custom-light: #e07d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.869,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57132,
    "c": 0.17258,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9404E

secondary

#94D0CA

accent

#DFD049

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9404E

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

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