#C94422#C94422

#C94422 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.175 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94422
RGB	rgb(201, 68, 34)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 83.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 51.24, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 69.85, 42.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1434 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.175 35)
XYZ	xyz(26.4463, 16.6712, 3.3384)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94422 #22A7C9

analogous

#C92253 #C94422 #C99722

triadic

#C94422 #22C944 #4422C9

tetradic

#C94422 #53C922 #22A7C9 #9722C9

square

#C94422 #53C922 #22A7C9 #9722C9

split-complementary

#C94422 #22C997 #2253C9

monochromatic

#602110 #953219 #C94422 #E06748 #E9937C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#C94422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C94422 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94422

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94422	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 68, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.175 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e61',
    500: '#c94422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94422;
$custom-light: #e37e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.216,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56986,
    "c": 0.17515,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.16667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94422

secondary

#76BED1

accent

#C9EE3A

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FFEFEA

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94422

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

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