#C94E38#C94E38

#C94E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.161 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94E38
RGB	rgb(201, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 47.69, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 60.99, 38.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.1364 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.161 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5285, 18.1556, 5.7954)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94E38 #38B3C9

analogous

#C9386B #C94E38 #C99638

triadic

#C94E38 #38C94E #4E38C9

tetradic

#C94E38 #6BC938 #38B3C9 #9638C9

square

#C94E38 #6BC938 #38B3C9 #9638C9

split-complementary

#C94E38 #38C996 #386BC9

monochromatic

#6A281D #9A3B2A #C94E38 #D67968 #E3A498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C94E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C94E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C94E38

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C94E38	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.161 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1846f',
    500: '#c94e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94e38;
$custom-light: #e1846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.103,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58439,
    "c": 0.16135,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94E38

secondary

#8EC5CF

accent

#C9E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94E38

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

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