#C94838#C94838

#C94838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.167 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94838
RGB	rgb(201, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 50.35, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 62.42, 36.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1447 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.167 30)
XYZ	xyz(27.1215, 17.3416, 5.6597)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94838 #38B9C9

analogous

#C93870 #C94838 #C99138

triadic

#C94838 #38C948 #4838C9

tetradic

#C94838 #70C938 #38B9C9 #9138C9

square

#C94838 #70C938 #38B9C9 #9138C9

split-complementary

#C94838 #38C991 #3870C9

monochromatic

#6A251D #9A362A #C94838 #D67468 #E3A198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C94838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C94838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94838

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94838	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)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.167 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1816f',
    500: '#c94838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94838;
$custom-light: #e1816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.621,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57689,
    "c": 0.16718,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.17338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94838

secondary

#8EC8CF

accent

#D0E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94838

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

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