#C9442E#C9442E

#C9442E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.173 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9442E
RGB	rgb(201, 68, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 51.63, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 66.27, 38.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1468 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.173 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6506, 16.7529, 4.4146)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9442E #2EB3C9

analogous

#C92E65 #C9442E #C9912E

triadic

#C9442E #2EC944 #442EC9

tetradic

#C9442E #65C92E #2EB3C9 #912EC9

square

#C9442E #65C92E #2EB3C9 #912EC9

split-complementary

#C9442E #2EC991 #2E65C9

monochromatic

#652217 #973323 #C9442E #D96D5B #E5998D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#C9442E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#C9442E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9442E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9442E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9442E	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)

#6A5F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9442e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 68, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.173 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27f68',
    500: '#c9442e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9442e;
$custom-light: #e27f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9442e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.516,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57097,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9442E

secondary

#84C4CF

accent

#CFE642

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9442E

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

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