#C94A23#C94A23

#C94A23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.170 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94A23
RGB	rgb(201, 74, 35)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 82.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 48.69, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 68.30, 44.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.1357 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.17 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8426, 17.4403, 3.5427)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94A23 #23A2C9

analogous

#C9234F #C94A23 #C99D23

triadic

#C94A23 #23C94A #4A23C9

tetradic

#C94A23 #4FC923 #23A2C9 #9D23C9

square

#C94A23 #4FC923 #23A2C9 #9D23C9

split-complementary

#C94A23 #23C99D #234FC9

monochromatic

#612411 #95371A #C94A23 #DF6D4A #E9977E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C94A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C94A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94A23

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94A23	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F621D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 74, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.170 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28262',
    500: '#c94a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94a23;
$custom-light: #e28262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.096,
    "s": 70.339,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57716,
    "c": 0.16969,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94A23

secondary

#77BCD1

accent

#C3ED3B

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FEEFEA

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94A23

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

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