#C94249#C94249

#C94249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.171 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94249
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 73)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 53.77, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 59.82, 25.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1589 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.171 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2410, 16.7988, 8.1101)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94249 #42C9C2

analogous

#C9428C #C94249 #C97F42

triadic

#C94249 #49C942 #4249C9

tetradic

#C94249 #8CC942 #42C9C2 #7F42C9

square

#C94249 #8CC942 #42C9C2 #7F42C9

split-complementary

#C94249 #42C97F #428CC9

monochromatic

#702024 #A02E34 #C94249 #D77277 #E4A1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C94249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C94249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94249

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94249	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)

#666048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.171 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e7b',
    500: '#c94249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94249;
$custom-light: #e17e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57256,
    "c": 0.17078,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94249

secondary

#96D1CE

accent

#DFD749

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94249

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

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