#C94248#C94248

#C94248 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.171 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94248
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 72)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 53.71, 26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 60.02, 26.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1585 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.171 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2081, 16.7857, 7.9369)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94248 #42C9C3

analogous

#C9428C #C94248 #C97F42

triadic

#C94248 #48C942 #4248C9

tetradic

#C94248 #8CC942 #42C9C3 #7F42C9

square

#C94248 #8CC942 #42C9C3 #7F42C9

split-complementary

#C94248 #42C97F #428CC9

monochromatic

#702024 #A02E33 #C94248 #D77276 #E4A1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C94248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C94248 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94248

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94248	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.171 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e7b',
    500: '#c94248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94248;
$custom-light: #e17e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57238,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94248

secondary

#96D1CE

accent

#DFD849

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94248

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

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