#C9545B#C9545B

#C9545B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.149 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9545B
RGB	rgb(201, 84, 91)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(356, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 54.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 47.15, 19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 51.13, 22.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.141 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.149 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1485, 19.5171, 12.1277)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9545B #54C9C2

analogous

#C95495 #C9545B #C98754

triadic

#C9545B #5BC954 #545BC9

tetradic

#C9545B #95C954 #54C9C2 #8754C9

square

#C9545B #95C954 #54C9C2 #8754C9

split-complementary

#C9545B #54C987 #5495C9

monochromatic

#7C272C #AA363D #C9545B #D88388 #E6B1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C9545B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C9545B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9545B

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9545B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9545B	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9545b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 84, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.149 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8889',
    500: '#c9545b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9545b;
$custom-light: #df8889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9545b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.41,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59825,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9545B

secondary

#A4D5D2

accent

#DBD34C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9545B

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

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