#C9424C#C9424C

#C9424C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.171 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9424C
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 76)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 62.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 53.96, 24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 59.25, 24.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.1601 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.171 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3428, 16.8396, 8.6466)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9424C #42C9BF

analogous

#C9428F #C9424C #C97C42

triadic

#C9424C #4CC942 #424CC9

tetradic

#C9424C #8FC942 #42C9BF #7C42C9

square

#C9424C #8FC942 #42C9BF #7C42C9

split-complementary

#C9424C #42C97C #428FC9

monochromatic

#702026 #A02E36 #C9424C #D77279 #E4A1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C9424C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C9424C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9424C

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9424C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9424C	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9424c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.171 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e7e',
    500: '#c9424c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9424c;
$custom-light: #e07e7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9424c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57312,
    "c": 0.17057,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9424C

secondary

#96D1CC

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9424C

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

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