#C9454F#C9454F

#C9454F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.167 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9454F
RGB	rgb(201, 69, 79)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 60.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 52.93, 23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 57.84, 23.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1573 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.167 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6295, 17.2420, 9.2688)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9454F #45C9BF

analogous

#C94591 #C9454F #C97D45

triadic

#C9454F #4FC945 #454FC9

tetradic

#C9454F #91C945 #45C9BF #7D45C9

square

#C9454F #91C945 #45C9BF #7D45C9

split-complementary

#C9454F #45C97D #4591C9

monochromatic

#722127 #A22F38 #C9454F #D7747C #E5A4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C9454F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C9454F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9454F

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9454F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9454F	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67624E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC284A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9454f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 69, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.167 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08080',
    500: '#c9454f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9454f;
$custom-light: #e08080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9454f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57708,
    "c": 0.16719,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9454F

secondary

#98D1CD

accent

#DED349

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9454F

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

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