#C94837#C94837

#C94837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.167 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94837
RGB	rgb(201, 72, 55)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 50.30, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 62.70, 36.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1444 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.167 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0972, 17.3319, 5.5322)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94837 #37B8C9

analogous

#C9376F #C94837 #C99137

triadic

#C94837 #37C948 #4837C9

tetradic

#C94837 #6FC937 #37B8C9 #9137C9

square

#C94837 #6FC937 #37B8C9 #9137C9

split-complementary

#C94837 #37C991 #376FC9

monochromatic

#69251C #993629 #C94837 #D67467 #E3A097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C94837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C94837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94837

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94837	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 72, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.167 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1816f',
    500: '#c94837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94837;
$custom-light: #e1816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.986,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57676,
    "c": 0.16737,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94837

secondary

#8DC7CF

accent

#CFE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94837

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

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