#C9432B#C9432B

#C9432B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.174 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9432B
RGB	rgb(201, 67, 43)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 51.93, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 67.38, 39.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1471 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.174 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5336, 16.6102, 4.0940)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9432B #2BB1C9

analogous

#C92B62 #C9432B #C9922B

triadic

#C9432B #2BC943 #432BC9

tetradic

#C9432B #62C92B #2BB1C9 #922BC9

square

#C9432B #62C92B #2BB1C9 #922BC9

split-complementary

#C9432B #2BC992 #2B62C9

monochromatic

#642115 #973220 #C9432B #DB6A56 #E69789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C9432B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C9432B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9432B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9432B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9432B	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD193E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9432b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 67, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.174 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e66',
    500: '#c9432b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9432b;
$custom-light: #e27e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9432b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.114,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56951,
    "c": 0.17437,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9432B

secondary

#80C3CF

accent

#CEE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9432B

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

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