#C9423D#C9423D

#C9423D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.172 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9423D
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 61)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 53.10, 33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 62.54, 31.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1544 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.172 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8808, 16.6547, 6.2132)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9423D #3DC4C9

analogous

#C93D7E #C9423D #C9883D

triadic

#C9423D #3DC942 #423DC9

tetradic

#C9423D #7EC93D #3DC4C9 #883DC9

square

#C9423D #7EC93D #3DC4C9 #883DC9

split-complementary

#C9423D #3DC988 #3D7EC9

monochromatic

#6D211E #9D302C #C9423D #D6716D #E49F9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#C9423D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C9423D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9423D

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9423D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9423D	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9423d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.172 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e73',
    500: '#c9423d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9423d;
$custom-light: #e17e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9423d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5706,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9423D

secondary

#92CED0

accent

#DAE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9423D

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

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