#C94342#C94342

#C94342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.170 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94342
RGB	rgb(201, 67, 66)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 52.96, 30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 61.06, 29.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.155 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.17 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0807, 16.8290, 6.9755)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94342 #42C8C9

analogous

#C94285 #C94342 #C98642

triadic

#C94342 #42C943 #4342C9

tetradic

#C94342 #85C942 #42C8C9 #8642C9

square

#C94342 #85C942 #42C8C9 #8642C9

split-complementary

#C94342 #42C986 #4285C9

monochromatic

#702120 #A02F2E #C94342 #D77272 #E4A2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C94342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C94342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94342

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94342	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.170 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17e76',
    500: '#c94342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94342;
$custom-light: #e17e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57249,
    "c": 0.17049,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94342

secondary

#96D0D1

accent

#DEDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94342

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

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