#C9512A#C9512A

#C9512A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.162 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9512A
RGB	rgb(201, 81, 42)
HSL	hsl(15, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 45.74, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 64.69, 45.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1278 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.162 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4507, 18.4733, 4.3103)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9512A #2AA2C9

analogous

#C92A52 #C9512A #C9A02A

triadic

#C9512A #2AC951 #512AC9

tetradic

#C9512A #52C92A #2AA2C9 #A02AC9

square

#C9512A #52C92A #2AA2C9 #A02AC9

split-complementary

#C9512A #2AC9A0 #2A52C9

monochromatic

#642815 #963D1F #C9512A #DB7655 #E69F87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C9512A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C9512A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9512A

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9512A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9512A	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9512a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 81, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.162 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28666',
    500: '#c9512a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9512a;
$custom-light: #e28666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9512a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.717,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58682,
    "c": 0.1619,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9512A

secondary

#7FBCD0

accent

#BFE83F

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9512A

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

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