#C94959#C94959

#C94959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.162 H 16.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94959
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(353, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 51.95, 18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 55.12, 19.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.1559 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.162 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2756, 17.9076, 11.4168)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94959 #49C9B9

analogous

#C94999 #C94959 #C97949

triadic

#C94959 #59C949 #4959C9

tetradic

#C94959 #99C949 #49C9B9 #7949C9

square

#C94959 #99C949 #49C9B9 #7949C9

split-complementary

#C94959 #49C979 #4999C9

monochromatic

#75232D #A4313F #C94959 #D77884 #E5A7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C94959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#C94959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C94959

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C94959	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB314F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.162 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8287',
    500: '#c94959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94959;
$custom-light: #df8287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58384,
    "c": 0.16245,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94959

secondary

#9CD2CB

accent

#DECB4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94959

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

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