#C94E42#C94E42

#C94E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.159 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94E42
RGB	rgb(201, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 48.21, 32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 58.16, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.14 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.159 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7979, 18.2634, 7.2146)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94E42 #42BDC9

analogous

#C9427A #C94E42 #C99142

triadic

#C94E42 #42C94E #4E42C9

tetradic

#C94E42 #7AC942 #42BDC9 #9142C9

square

#C94E42 #7AC942 #42BDC9 #9142C9

split-complementary

#C94E42 #42C991 #427AC9

monochromatic

#702720 #A0382E #C94E42 #D77B72 #E4A7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C94E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C94E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C94E42

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C94E42	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.159 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08577',
    500: '#c94e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94e42;
$custom-light: #e08577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58579,
    "c": 0.15924,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94E42

secondary

#96CCD1

accent

#D2DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94E42

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

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