#C9423E#C9423E

#C9423E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.172 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9423E
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 62)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 53.16, 32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 62.29, 31.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1548 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.172 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9080, 16.6656, 6.3564)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9423E #3EC5C9

analogous

#C93E80 #C9423E #C9883E

triadic

#C9423E #3EC942 #423EC9

tetradic

#C9423E #80C93E #3EC5C9 #883EC9

square

#C9423E #80C93E #3EC5C9 #883EC9

split-complementary

#C9423E #3EC988 #3E80C9

monochromatic

#6E211F #9E2F2C #C9423E #D6716E #E4A09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#C9423E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C9423E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9423E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9423E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9423E	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)

#675F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9423e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.172 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e73',
    500: '#c9423e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9423e;
$custom-light: #e17e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9423e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.727,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57075,
    "c": 0.17202,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9423E

secondary

#93CED0

accent

#DBE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9423E

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

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