#C94A35#C94A35

#C94A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.166 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94A35
RGB	rgb(201, 74, 53)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 49.34, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 62.82, 38.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.141 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.166 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1817, 17.5759, 5.3287)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94A35 #35B4C9

analogous

#C9356A #C94A35 #C99435

triadic

#C94A35 #35C94A #4A35C9

tetradic

#C94A35 #6AC935 #35B4C9 #9435C9

square

#C94A35 #6AC935 #35B4C9 #9435C9

split-complementary

#C94A35 #35C994 #356AC9

monochromatic

#68261B #993828 #C94A35 #D67565 #E3A095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C94A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C94A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94A35

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94A35	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 74, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.166 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1826d',
    500: '#c94a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94a35;
$custom-light: #e1826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.514,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57896,
    "c": 0.16586,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94A35

secondary

#8BC5CE

accent

#CBE146

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94A35

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

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