#C9545E#C9545E

#C9545E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.149 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9545E
RGB	rgb(201, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(355, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(355, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, 47.40, 18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 50.73, 20.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1422 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.149 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2805, 19.5699, 12.8229)
Luminance	0.1957 (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

#C9545E #54C9BF

analogous

#C95498 #C9545E #C98454

triadic

#C9545E #5EC954 #545EC9

tetradic

#C9545E #98C954 #54C9BF #8454C9

square

#C9545E #98C954 #54C9BF #8454C9

split-complementary

#C9545E #54C984 #5498C9

monochromatic

#7C272E #AA3640 #C9545E #D8838A #E6B1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#C9545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C9545E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9545E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9545E	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6B5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D835B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.149 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df898b',
    500: '#c9545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9545e;
$custom-light: #df898b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.872,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59891,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9545E

secondary

#A4D5D0

accent

#DBCF4C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9545E

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

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