#C9494A#C9494A

#C9494A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.163 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9494A
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(360, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(360, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 63.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 50.90, 27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 57.62, 27.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.15 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.163 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7087, 17.6808, 8.4309)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9494A #49C9C8

analogous

#C9498A #C9494A #C98849

triadic

#C9494A #4AC949 #494AC9

tetradic

#C9494A #8AC949 #49C9C8 #8849C9

square

#C9494A #8AC949 #49C9C8 #8849C9

split-complementary

#C9494A #49C988 #498AC9

monochromatic

#752323 #A43132 #C9494A #D77879 #E5A7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C9494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C9494A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9494A

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9494A	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.163 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0827c',
    500: '#c9494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9494a;
$custom-light: #e0827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.531,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58086,
    "c": 0.16328,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9494A

secondary

#9CD2D2

accent

#DEDC4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9494A

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

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