#C94234#C94234

#C94234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.174 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94234
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 52)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 52.69, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 64.97, 35.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1513 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.174 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6584, 16.5658, 5.0419)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94234 #34BBC9

analogous

#C93470 #C94234 #C98D34

triadic

#C94234 #34C942 #4234C9

tetradic

#C94234 #70C934 #34BBC9 #8D34C9

square

#C94234 #70C934 #34BBC9 #8D34C9

split-complementary

#C94234 #34C98D #3470C9

monochromatic

#68221B #983227 #C94234 #D76E63 #E39C94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C94234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C94234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94234

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94234	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.174 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e6c',
    500: '#c94234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94234;
$custom-light: #e27e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.638,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56938,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94234

secondary

#8AC8CE

accent

#D3E246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94234

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

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