#C9452B#C9452B

#C9452B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.173 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9452B
RGB	rgb(201, 69, 43)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 78.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 51.10, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 66.94, 40.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1446 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.173 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6546, 16.8521, 4.1343)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9452B #2BAFC9

analogous

#C92B60 #C9452B #C9942B

triadic

#C9452B #2BC945 #452BC9

tetradic

#C9452B #60C92B #2BAFC9 #942BC9

square

#C9452B #60C92B #2BAFC9 #942BC9

split-complementary

#C9452B #2BC994 #2B60C9

monochromatic

#642215 #973420 #C9452B #DB6C56 #E69889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C9452B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C9452B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9452B

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9452B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9452B	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9452b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 69, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.173 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27f66',
    500: '#c9452b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9452b;
$custom-light: #e27f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9452b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.873,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57182,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9452B

secondary

#80C2CF

accent

#CCE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9452B

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

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