#C9494F#C9494F

#C9494F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.163 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9494F
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 60.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.19, 51.23, 24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.19, 56.64, 25.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.152 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.163 21)
XYZ	xyz(27.8839, 17.7509, 9.3536)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9494F #49C9C3

analogous

#C9498F #C9494F #C98349

triadic

#C9494F #4FC949 #494FC9

tetradic

#C9494F #8FC949 #49C9C3 #8349C9

square

#C9494F #8FC949 #49C9C3 #8349C9

split-complementary

#C9494F #49C983 #498FC9

monochromatic

#752327 #A43136 #C9494F #D7787D #E5A7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C9494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C9494F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9494F

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9494F	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)

#6A644E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.163 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08280',
    500: '#c9494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9494f;
$custom-light: #e08280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.188,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58179,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.17747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9494F

secondary

#9CD2D0

accent

#DED74A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9494F

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

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