#C94138#C94138

#C94138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.174 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94138
RGB	rgb(201, 65, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 53.27, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 64.10, 33.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.1539 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.174 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6944, 16.4875, 5.5174)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94138 #38C0C9

analogous

#C93877 #C94138 #C98938

triadic

#C94138 #38C941 #4138C9

tetradic

#C94138 #77C938 #38C0C9 #8938C9

square

#C94138 #77C938 #38C0C9 #8938C9

split-complementary

#C94138 #38C989 #3877C9

monochromatic

#6A221D #9A312A #C94138 #D66F68 #E39D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C94138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C94138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94138

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94138	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 65, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.174 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27d6f',
    500: '#c94138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94138;
$custom-light: #e27d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.724,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56878,
    "c": 0.17389,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94138

secondary

#8ECBCF

accent

#D7E147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94138

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

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