#C9454D#C9454D

#C9454D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.167 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9454D
RGB	rgb(201, 69, 77)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 52.79, 24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 58.20, 24.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.1566 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.167 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5578, 17.2134, 8.8911)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9454D #45C9C1

analogous

#C9458F #C9454D #C97F45

triadic

#C9454D #4DC945 #454DC9

tetradic

#C9454D #8FC945 #45C9C1 #7F45C9

square

#C9454D #8FC945 #45C9C1 #7F45C9

split-complementary

#C9454D #45C97F #458FC9

monochromatic

#722126 #A22F36 #C9454D #D7747A #E5A4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C9454D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C9454D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9454D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9454D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9454D	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)

#67624C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9454d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 69, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.167 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0807e',
    500: '#c9454d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9454d;
$custom-light: #e0807e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9454d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57669,
    "c": 0.16732,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9454D

secondary

#98D1CE

accent

#DED549

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9454D

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

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