#C94A36#C94A36

#C94A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.166 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94A36
RGB	rgb(201, 74, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 49.39, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 62.52, 37.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.1413 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.166 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2049, 17.5852, 5.4511)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94A36 #36B5C9

analogous

#C9366C #C94A36 #C99336

triadic

#C94A36 #36C94A #4A36C9

tetradic

#C94A36 #6CC936 #36B5C9 #9336C9

square

#C94A36 #6CC936 #36B5C9 #9336C9

split-complementary

#C94A36 #36C993 #366CC9

monochromatic

#69261C #993829 #C94A36 #D67566 #E3A196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C94A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C94A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94A36

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94A36	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 74, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.166 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1826e',
    500: '#c94a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94a36;
$custom-light: #e1826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.163,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57908,
    "c": 0.16565,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94A36

secondary

#8CC5CE

accent

#CCE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94A36

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

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