#C9452E#C9452E

#C9452E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.172 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9452E
RGB	rgb(201, 69, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 51.21, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 66.04, 39.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.1455 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.172 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7116, 16.8749, 4.4349)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9452E #2EB2C9

analogous

#C92E64 #C9452E #C9922E

triadic

#C9452E #2EC945 #452EC9

tetradic

#C9452E #64C92E #2EB2C9 #922EC9

square

#C9452E #64C92E #2EB2C9 #922EC9

split-complementary

#C9452E #2EC992 #2E64C9

monochromatic

#652317 #973423 #C9452E #D96E5B #E59A8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C9452E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C9452E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9452E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9452E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9452E	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)

#6B602A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD1F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9452e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 69, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.172 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27f68',
    500: '#c9452e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9452e;
$custom-light: #e27f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9452e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.903,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57213,
    "c": 0.17196,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9452E

secondary

#84C4CF

accent

#CEE642

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9452E

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

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