#C94240#C94240

#C94240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.172 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94240
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, 53.26, 31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 61.80, 30.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1555 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.172 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9639, 16.6880, 6.6508)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94240 #40C7C9

analogous

#C94083 #C94240 #C98740

triadic

#C94240 #40C942 #4240C9

tetradic

#C94240 #83C940 #40C7C9 #8740C9

square

#C94240 #83C940 #40C7C9 #8740C9

split-complementary

#C94240 #40C987 #4083C9

monochromatic

#6F211F #9F2F2D #C94240 #D67170 #E4A09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C94240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C94240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94240

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94240	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.172 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e75',
    500: '#c94240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94240;
$custom-light: #e17e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.876,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57105,
    "c": 0.17174,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94240

secondary

#94D0D0

accent

#DDDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94240

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

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