#C9424B#C9424B

#C9424B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.171 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9424B
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 75)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 62.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 53.90, 25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 59.44, 24.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1597 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.171 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3083, 16.8258, 8.4650)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9424B #42C9C0

analogous

#C9428F #C9424B #C97D42

triadic

#C9424B #4BC942 #424BC9

tetradic

#C9424B #8FC942 #42C9C0 #7D42C9

square

#C9424B #8FC942 #42C9C0 #7D42C9

split-complementary

#C9424B #42C97D #428FC9

monochromatic

#702025 #A02E35 #C9424B #D77278 #E4A1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C9424B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C9424B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9424B

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9424B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9424B	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66604A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9424b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.171 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e7d',
    500: '#c9424b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9424b;
$custom-light: #e07e7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9424b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57293,
    "c": 0.17064,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9424B

secondary

#96D1CD

accent

#DFD549

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9424B

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

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