#C9455E#C9455E

#C9455E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.167 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9455E
RGB	rgb(201, 69, 94)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(349, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 54.04, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 56.00, 15.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1632 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.167 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2383, 17.4856, 12.4756)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9455E #45C9B0

analogous

#C945A0 #C9455E #C96E45

triadic

#C9455E #5EC945 #455EC9

tetradic

#C9455E #A0C945 #45C9B0 #6E45C9

square

#C9455E #A0C945 #45C9B0 #6E45C9

split-complementary

#C9455E #45C96E #45A0C9

monochromatic

#722131 #A22F45 #C9455E #D77487 #E5A4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#C9455E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#C9455E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9455E

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9455E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9455E	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64635E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9455e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 69, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.167 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df808b',
    500: '#c9455e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9455e;
$custom-light: #df808b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9455e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58032,
    "c": 0.16735,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9455E

secondary

#98D1C7

accent

#DEC249

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9455E

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

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