#C9422F#C9422F

#C9422F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.175 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9422F
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 47)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 52.49, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 66.42, 37.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.1496 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.175 31)
XYZ	xyz(26.5517, 16.5231, 4.4800)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9422F #2FB6C9

analogous

#C92F69 #C9422F #C98F2F

triadic

#C9422F #2FC942 #422FC9

tetradic

#C9422F #69C92F #2FB6C9 #8F2FC9

square

#C9422F #69C92F #2FB6C9 #8F2FC9

split-complementary

#C9422F #2FC98F #2F69C9

monochromatic

#662118 #973223 #C9422F #D96C5C #E5998E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C9422F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C9422F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9422F

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9422F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9422F	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD183F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9422f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.175 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e69',
    500: '#c9422f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9422f;
$custom-light: #e27e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9422f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.403,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5688,
    "c": 0.17452,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.16519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9422F

secondary

#85C6CF

accent

#D1E543

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9422F

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

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