#C9424E#C9424E

#C9424E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.170 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9424E
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 78)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 54.09, 23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 58.90, 23.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.1608 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.17 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4134, 16.8678, 9.0185)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9424E #42C9BD

analogous

#C94291 #C9424E #C97A42

triadic

#C9424E #4EC942 #424EC9

tetradic

#C9424E #91C942 #42C9BD #7A42C9

square

#C9424E #91C942 #42C9BD #7A42C9

split-complementary

#C9424E #42C97A #4291C9

monochromatic

#702027 #A02E38 #C9424E #D7727B #E4A1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C9424E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C9424E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9424E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9424E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9424E	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9424e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.170 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e7f',
    500: '#c9424e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9424e;
$custom-light: #e07e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9424e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5735,
    "c": 0.17047,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9424E

secondary

#96D1CC

accent

#DFD249

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9424E

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

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