#C94257#C94257

#C94257 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.170 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94257
RGB	rgb(201, 66, 87)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 54.72, 18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 57.64, 18.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1644 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.17 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7585, 17.0058, 10.8357)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94257 #42C9B4

analogous

#C9429A #C94257 #C97142

triadic

#C94257 #57C942 #4257C9

tetradic

#C94257 #9AC942 #42C9B4 #7142C9

square

#C94257 #9AC942 #42C9B4 #7142C9

split-complementary

#C94257 #42C971 #429AC9

monochromatic

#70202D #A02E40 #C94257 #D77281 #E4A1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#C94257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#C94257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94257

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94257	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC264A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 66, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.170 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e86',
    500: '#c94257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94257;
$custom-light: #e07e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57537,
    "c": 0.1704,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94257

secondary

#96D1C8

accent

#DFC849

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94257

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

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