#C9454E#C9454E

#C9454E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.167 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9454E
RGB	rgb(201, 69, 78)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 52.86, 23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 58.02, 24.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1569 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.167 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5933, 17.2276, 9.0785)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9454E #45C9C0

analogous

#C94590 #C9454E #C97E45

triadic

#C9454E #4EC945 #454EC9

tetradic

#C9454E #90C945 #45C9C0 #7E45C9

square

#C9454E #90C945 #45C9C0 #7E45C9

split-complementary

#C9454E #45C97E #4590C9

monochromatic

#722127 #A22F37 #C9454E #D7747B #E5A4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C9454E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C9454E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9454E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9454E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9454E	1.00	4.72	4.44	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67624D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9454e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 69, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.167 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0807f',
    500: '#c9454e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9454e;
$custom-light: #e0807f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9454e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57688,
    "c": 0.16725,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9454E

secondary

#98D1CE

accent

#DED449

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9454E

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

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