#C9453F#C9453F

#C9453F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.169 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9453F
RGB	rgb(201, 69, 63)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 51.97, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 61.27, 31.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.1512 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.169 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1156, 17.0365, 6.5622)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9453F #3FC3C9

analogous

#C93F7E #C9453F #C98A3F

triadic

#C9453F #3FC945 #453FC9

tetradic

#C9453F #7EC93F #3FC3C9 #8A3FC9

square

#C9453F #7EC93F #3FC3C9 #8A3FC9

split-complementary

#C9453F #3FC98A #3F7EC9

monochromatic

#6F231F #9E312D #C9453F #D6736F #E4A29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#C9453F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#C9453F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9453F

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9453F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9453F	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69613D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9453f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 69, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.169 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f74',
    500: '#c9453f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9453f;
$custom-light: #e17f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9453f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57432,
    "c": 0.16891,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9453F

secondary

#94CED0

accent

#D9DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9453F

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

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