#C94942#C94942

#C94942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.164 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C94942
RGBrgb(201, 73, 66)
HSLhsl(3, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(3, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 63.7%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(48.98, 50.43, 31.54)
CIE-LCHlch(48.98, 59.48, 32.02°)
OKLaboklab(57.95% 0.147 0.0736)
OKLCHoklch(57.95% 0.164 26.6)
XYZxyz(27.4561, 17.5797, 7.1007)
Luminance0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C94942 #42C2C9
analogous
#C9427F #C94942 #C98C42
triadic
#C94942 #42C949 #4942C9
tetradic
#C94942 #7FC942 #42C2C9 #8C42C9
square
#C94942 #7FC942 #42C2C9 #8C42C9
split-complementary
#C94942 #42C98C #427FC9
monochromatic
#702420 #A0342E #C94942 #D77772 #E4A5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65
#C94942 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52
#C94942 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94942
4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C94942#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C949421.004.654.524.65
#FFFFFF4.651.0021.001.00
#0000004.5221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.651.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6B6340
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8B7F3E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DC2B48
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c94942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.164 26.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18276',
    500: '#c94942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c94942;
$custom-light: #e18276;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c94942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57953,
    "c": 0.16439,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C94942
secondary
#96CED1
accent
#D7DF49
background
#FEF8F7
surface
#FDEFED
border
#D5CAC8
text
#170B08
muted
#857C7B

Preview Lab

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#C94942 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva