#C94938#C94938

#C94938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.166 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94938
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 49.92, 37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 62.18, 36.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1434 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.166 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1866, 17.4720, 5.6815)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94938 #38B8C9

analogous

#C93870 #C94938 #C99138

triadic

#C94938 #38C949 #4938C9

tetradic

#C94938 #70C938 #38B8C9 #9138C9

square

#C94938 #70C938 #38B8C9 #9138C9

split-complementary

#C94938 #38C991 #3870C9

monochromatic

#6A261D #9A372A #C94938 #D67568 #E3A198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#C94938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C94938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94938

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94938	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.166 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1826f',
    500: '#c94938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94938;
$custom-light: #e1826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.034,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5781,
    "c": 0.16621,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94938

secondary

#8EC7CF

accent

#CFE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94938

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

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