#C94236#C94236

#C94236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.173 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94236
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 52.77, 36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 64.41, 34.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1519 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.173 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7044, 16.5842, 5.2842)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94236 #36BDC9

analogous

#C93673 #C94236 #C98C36

triadic

#C94236 #36C942 #4236C9

tetradic

#C94236 #73C936 #36BDC9 #8C36C9

square

#C94236 #73C936 #36BDC9 #8C36C9

split-complementary

#C94236 #36C98C #3673C9

monochromatic

#69221C #993229 #C94236 #D66F66 #E39D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C94236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C94236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94236

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94236	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.173 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e6e',
    500: '#c94236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94236;
$custom-light: #e27e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56963,
    "c": 0.17329,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94236

secondary

#8CC9CE

accent

#D4E147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94236

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

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