#C9454B#C9454B

#C9454B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.167 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9454B
RGB	rgb(201, 69, 75)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 62.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 52.67, 25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 58.57, 25.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.1558 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.167 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4882, 17.1855, 8.5249)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9454B #45C9C3

analogous

#C9458D #C9454B #C98145

triadic

#C9454B #4BC945 #454BC9

tetradic

#C9454B #8DC945 #45C9C3 #8145C9

square

#C9454B #8DC945 #45C9C3 #8145C9

split-complementary

#C9454B #45C981 #458DC9

monochromatic

#722125 #A22F34 #C9454B #D77479 #E5A4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C9454B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C9454B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9454B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9454B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9454B	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68614A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9454b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 69, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.167 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0807d',
    500: '#c9454b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9454b;
$custom-light: #e0807d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9454b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57632,
    "c": 0.16746,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9454B

secondary

#98D1CF

accent

#DED849

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9454B

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

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