#C95042#C95042

#C95042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.157 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C95042
RGB	rgb(201, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 47.30, 32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 57.65, 34.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.1372 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.157 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9422, 18.5519, 7.2627)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C95042 #42BBC9

analogous

#C94278 #C95042 #C99342

triadic

#C95042 #42C950 #5042C9

tetradic

#C95042 #78C942 #42BBC9 #9342C9

square

#C95042 #78C942 #42BBC9 #9342C9

split-complementary

#C95042 #42C993 #4278C9

monochromatic

#702820 #A03A2E #C95042 #D77C72 #E4A8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#C95042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#C95042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C95042

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C95042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C95042	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c95042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.157 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08677',
    500: '#c95042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c95042;
$custom-light: #e08677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c95042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58839,
    "c": 0.15718,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C95042

secondary

#96CBD1

accent

#CFDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C95042

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

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