#C94A42#C94A42

#C94A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.163 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94A42
RGB	rgb(201, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 49.99, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 59.21, 32.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.1456 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.163 27)
XYZ	xyz(27.5223, 17.7122, 7.1227)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94A42 #42C1C9

analogous

#C9427D #C94A42 #C98E42

triadic

#C94A42 #42C94A #4A42C9

tetradic

#C94A42 #7DC942 #42C1C9 #8E42C9

square

#C94A42 #7DC942 #42C1C9 #8E42C9

split-complementary

#C94A42 #42C98E #427DC9

monochromatic

#702520 #A0352E #C94A42 #D77872 #E4A5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C94A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C94A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94A42

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94A42	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.163 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18276',
    500: '#c94a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94a42;
$custom-light: #e18276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58075,
    "c": 0.16336,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.17708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94A42

secondary

#96CDD1

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94A42

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

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