#C94642#C94642

#C94642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.167 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94642
RGB	rgb(201, 70, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 51.71, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 60.27, 30.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.151 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.167 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2637, 17.1950, 7.0365)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94642 #42C5C9

analogous

#C94281 #C94642 #C98A42

triadic

#C94642 #42C946 #4642C9

tetradic

#C94642 #81C942 #42C5C9 #8A42C9

square

#C94642 #81C942 #42C5C9 #8A42C9

split-complementary

#C94642 #42C98A #4281C9

monochromatic

#702320 #A0312E #C94642 #D77572 #E4A3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C94642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C94642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94642

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94642	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)

#696141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 70, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.167 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18076',
    500: '#c94642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94642;
$custom-light: #e18076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57595,
    "c": 0.16745,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94642

secondary

#96CFD1

accent

#DADF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94642

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

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