#C94142#C94142

#C94142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.172 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94142
RGB	rgb(201, 65, 66)
HSL	hsl(360, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(360, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 53.77, 30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 61.59, 29.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% 0.1575 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.172 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9639, 16.5953, 6.9366)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94142 #41C9C8

analogous

#C94186 #C94142 #C98441

triadic

#C94142 #42C941 #4142C9

tetradic

#C94142 #86C941 #41C9C8 #8441C9

square

#C94142 #86C941 #41C9C8 #8441C9

split-complementary

#C94142 #41C984 #4186C9

monochromatic

#702020 #9F2D2E #C94142 #D77171 #E4A0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C94142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C94142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94142

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94142	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)

#665F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 65, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.172 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17d76',
    500: '#c94142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94142;
$custom-light: #e17d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.559,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57026,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94142

secondary

#95D1D0

accent

#DFDE49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94142

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

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