#C9494E#C9494E

#C9494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.163 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9494E
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 51.16, 24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 56.82, 25.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1516 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.163 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8477, 17.7364, 9.1633)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9494E #49C9C4

analogous

#C9498E #C9494E #C98449

triadic

#C9494E #4EC949 #494EC9

tetradic

#C9494E #8EC949 #49C9C4 #8449C9

square

#C9494E #8EC949 #49C9C4 #8449C9

split-complementary

#C9494E #49C984 #498EC9

monochromatic

#752326 #A43135 #C9494E #D7787C #E5A7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C9494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C9494E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9494E

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9494E	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.163 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0827f',
    500: '#c9494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9494e;
$custom-light: #e0827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.656,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5816,
    "c": 0.16288,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9494E

secondary

#9CD2D0

accent

#DED84A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9494E

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

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