#C9423F#C9423F

#C9423F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.172 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9423F
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 63)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 53.21, 31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 62.04, 30.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% 0.1551 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.172 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9357, 16.6767, 6.5022)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9423F #3FC6C9

analogous

#C93F81 #C9423F #C9873F

triadic

#C9423F #3FC942 #423FC9

tetradic

#C9423F #81C93F #3FC6C9 #873FC9

square

#C9423F #81C93F #3FC6C9 #873FC9

split-complementary

#C9423F #3FC987 #3F81C9

monochromatic

#6F211F #9E2F2D #C9423F #D6716F #E4A09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C9423F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C9423F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9423F

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9423F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9423F	1.00	4.84	4.33	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9423f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.172 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e74',
    500: '#c9423f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9423f;
$custom-light: #e17e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9423f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.304,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5709,
    "c": 0.17188,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9423F

secondary

#94CFD0

accent

#DCDF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9423F

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

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