#C94A48#C94A48

#C94A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.162 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94A48
RGB	rgb(201, 74, 72)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 50.34, 28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 57.78, 29.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1479 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.162 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7086, 17.7867, 8.1037)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94A48 #48C7C9

analogous

#C94886 #C94A48 #C98A48

triadic

#C94A48 #48C94A #4A48C9

tetradic

#C94A48 #86C948 #48C7C9 #8A48C9

square

#C94A48 #86C948 #48C7C9 #8A48C9

split-complementary

#C94A48 #48C98A #4886C9

monochromatic

#742422 #A43230 #C94A48 #D77977 #E5A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C94A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C94A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94A48

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94A48	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 74, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.162 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0827b',
    500: '#c94a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94a48;
$custom-light: #e0827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.93,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58173,
    "c": 0.16246,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94A48

secondary

#9BD1D2

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94A48

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

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