#C9452C#C9452C

#C9452C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.172 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9452C
RGB	rgb(201, 69, 44)
HSL	hsl(10, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 51.13, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 66.64, 39.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1449 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.172 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6731, 16.8595, 4.2321)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9452C #2CB0C9

analogous

#C92C61 #C9452C #C9932C

triadic

#C9452C #2CC945 #452CC9

tetradic

#C9452C #61C92C #2CB0C9 #932CC9

square

#C9452C #61C92C #2CB0C9 #932CC9

split-complementary

#C9452C #2CC993 #2C61C9

monochromatic

#652316 #973421 #C9452C #DA6D58 #E5998A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C9452C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C9452C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9452C

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9452C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9452C	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9452c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 69, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.172 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27f67',
    500: '#c9452c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9452c;
$custom-light: #e27f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9452c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.554,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57192,
    "c": 0.17236,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9452C

secondary

#82C3CF

accent

#CDE741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9452C

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

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