#C94237#C94237

#C94237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.173 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94237
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 52.82, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 64.14, 34.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1523 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.173 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7281, 16.5937, 5.4092)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94237 #37BEC9

analogous

#C93775 #C94237 #C98B37

triadic

#C94237 #37C942 #4237C9

tetradic

#C94237 #75C937 #37BEC9 #8B37C9

square

#C94237 #75C937 #37BEC9 #8B37C9

split-complementary

#C94237 #37C98B #3775C9

monochromatic

#69221C #993229 #C94237 #D67067 #E39D97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C94237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C94237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94237

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94237	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)

#685F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.173 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e6e',
    500: '#c94237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94237;
$custom-light: #e27e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.521,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56976,
    "c": 0.17311,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94237

secondary

#8DCACF

accent

#D5E147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94237

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

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