#C94255#C94255

#C94255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.170 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94255
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 85)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(352, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 54.57, 19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 57.88, 19.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1636 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.17 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6779, 16.9736, 10.4113)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94255 #42C9B6

analogous

#C94298 #C94255 #C97342

triadic

#C94255 #55C942 #4255C9

tetradic

#C94255 #98C942 #42C9B6 #7342C9

square

#C94255 #98C942 #42C9B6 #7342C9

split-complementary

#C94255 #42C973 #4298C9

monochromatic

#70202B #A02E3E #C94255 #D77280 #E4A1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C94255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C94255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94255

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94255	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC254A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.170 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e84',
    500: '#c94255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94255;
$custom-light: #e07e84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57493,
    "c": 0.17035,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94255

secondary

#96D1C9

accent

#DFCA49

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94255

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

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