#C94F40#C94F40

#C94F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.159 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94F40
RGB	rgb(201, 79, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.96, 47.64, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.96, 58.45, 35.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1379 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.159 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8116, 18.3834, 6.9333)
Luminance	0.1838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94F40 #40BAC9

analogous

#C94076 #C94F40 #C99340

triadic

#C94F40 #40C94F #4F40C9

tetradic

#C94F40 #76C940 #40BAC9 #9340C9

square

#C94F40 #76C940 #40BAC9 #9340C9

split-complementary

#C94F40 #40C993 #4076C9

monochromatic

#6F281F #9F392D #C94F40 #D67B70 #E4A79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#C94F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#C94F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C94F40

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C94F40	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70663E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 79, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.159 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08575',
    500: '#c94f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94f40;
$custom-light: #e08575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.569,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58678,
    "c": 0.15861,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94F40

secondary

#94CAD0

accent

#CFDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94F40

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

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