#C94238#C94238

#C94238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.173 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94238
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 52.86, 35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 63.86, 34.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1526 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.173 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7523, 16.6034, 5.5367)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94238 #38BFC9

analogous

#C93876 #C94238 #C98A38

triadic

#C94238 #38C942 #4238C9

tetradic

#C94238 #76C938 #38BFC9 #8A38C9

square

#C94238 #76C938 #38BFC9 #8A38C9

split-complementary

#C94238 #38C98A #3876C9

monochromatic

#6A221D #9A322A #C94238 #D67068 #E39D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C94238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C94238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94238

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94238	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)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.173 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e6f',
    500: '#c94238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94238;
$custom-light: #e27e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.138,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5699,
    "c": 0.17295,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94238

secondary

#8ECACF

accent

#D6E147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94238

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

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