#C9424F#C9424F

#C9424F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.170 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9424F
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 79)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 60.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 54.16, 22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 58.74, 22.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1612 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.17 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4496, 16.8823, 9.2088)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9424F #42C9BC

analogous

#C94293 #C9424F #C97842

triadic

#C9424F #4FC942 #424FC9

tetradic

#C9424F #93C942 #42C9BC #7842C9

square

#C9424F #93C942 #42C9BC #7842C9

split-complementary

#C9424F #42C978 #4293C9

monochromatic

#702028 #A02E39 #C9424F #D7727B #E4A1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C9424F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#C9424F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9424F

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9424F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9424F	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9424f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.170 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e80',
    500: '#c9424f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9424f;
$custom-light: #e07e80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9424f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5737,
    "c": 0.17042,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9424F

secondary

#96D1CB

accent

#DFD049

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9424F

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

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