#C9442C#C9442C

#C9442C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.173 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9442C
RGB	rgb(201, 68, 44)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 51.55, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 66.86, 39.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1462 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.173 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6121, 16.7375, 4.2118)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9442C #2CB1C9

analogous

#C92C62 #C9442C #C9922C

triadic

#C9442C #2CC944 #442CC9

tetradic

#C9442C #62C92C #2CB1C9 #922CC9

square

#C9442C #62C92C #2CB1C9 #922CC9

split-complementary

#C9442C #2CC992 #2C62C9

monochromatic

#652216 #973321 #C9442C #DA6C58 #E5988A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#C9442C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#C9442C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9442C

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9442C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9442C	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9442c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 68, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.173 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27f67',
    500: '#c9442c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9442c;
$custom-light: #e27f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9442c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.172,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57076,
    "c": 0.17327,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9442C

secondary

#82C3CF

accent

#CEE741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9442C

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

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