#C9432C#C9432C

#C9432C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.174 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9432C
RGB	rgb(201, 67, 44)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 51.97, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 67.08, 39.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1474 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.174 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5522, 16.6176, 4.1918)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9432C #2CB2C9

analogous

#C92C63 #C9432C #C9912C

triadic

#C9432C #2CC943 #432CC9

tetradic

#C9432C #63C92C #2CB2C9 #912CC9

square

#C9432C #63C92C #2CB2C9 #912CC9

split-complementary

#C9432C #2CC991 #2C63C9

monochromatic

#652216 #973221 #C9432C #DA6B58 #E5978A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C9432C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C9432C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9432C

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9432C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9432C	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)

#6A5F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9432c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 67, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.174 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27e67',
    500: '#c9432c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9432c;
$custom-light: #e27e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9432c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.79,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56961,
    "c": 0.17417,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9432C

secondary

#82C4CF

accent

#CFE741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9432C

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

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