#C96242#C96242

#C96242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.139 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96242
RGB	rgb(201, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(14, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 38.54, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 53.41, 43.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.11 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.139 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4411, 21.5498, 7.7623)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96242 #42A9C9

analogous

#C94266 #C96242 #C9A542

triadic

#C96242 #42C962 #6242C9

tetradic

#C96242 #66C942 #42A9C9 #A542C9

square

#C96242 #66C942 #42A9C9 #A542C9

split-complementary

#C96242 #42C9A5 #4266C9

monochromatic

#703320 #A0492E #C96242 #D78A72 #E4B1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#C96242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#C96242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96242

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96242	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.139 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9177',
    500: '#c96242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96242;
$custom-light: #df9177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61406,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96242

secondary

#96C3D1

accent

#BBDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96242

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

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