#C94545#C94545

#C94545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.168 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94545
RGB	rgb(201, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 52.30, 29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 59.84, 29.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1535 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.168 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2925, 17.1072, 7.4940)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94545 #45C9C9

analogous

#C94587 #C94545 #C98745

triadic

#C94545 #45C945 #4545C9

tetradic

#C94545 #87C945 #45C9C9 #8745C9

square

#C94545 #87C945 #45C9C9 #8745C9

split-complementary

#C94545 #45C987 #4587C9

monochromatic

#722121 #A22F2F #C94545 #D77474 #E5A4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C94545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C94545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94545

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94545	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.168 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18078',
    500: '#c94545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94545;
$custom-light: #e18078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57527,
    "c": 0.16808,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94545

secondary

#98D1D1

accent

#DEDE49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94545

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

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