#C94457#C94457

#C94457 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.168 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94457
RGB	rgb(201, 68, 87)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(351, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 53.91, 18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 57.00, 18.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1618 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.168 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8774, 17.2436, 10.8754)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94457 #44C9B6

analogous

#C94499 #C94457 #C97444

triadic

#C94457 #57C944 #4457C9

tetradic

#C94457 #99C944 #44C9B6 #7444C9

square

#C94457 #99C944 #44C9B6 #7444C9

split-complementary

#C94457 #44C974 #4499C9

monochromatic

#72212C #A12F3F #C94457 #D77382 #E4A3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C94457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C94457 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94457

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94457	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB294C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 68, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.168 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f86',
    500: '#c94457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94457;
$custom-light: #e07f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57759,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94457

secondary

#98D1C9

accent

#DFC949

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94457

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

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