#c91237

Color #c91237

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Crimson #dc143c · ΔE 6.82 Nearest Tailwind class rose-700 #c70036 · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c91237

RGB

rgb(201, 18, 55)

HSL

hsl(347.9, 83.6%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(347.9, 91%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 91%, 72.6%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(42.96, 66.21, 30.84)

LCH

lch(42.96, 73.04, 24.98)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.2071, 19.82)

HWB

hwb(347.9, 7.1%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#12c9a4

Analogous

#c91292

#c91237

#c94912

Triadic

#c91237

#37c912

#1237c9

Split-complementary

#c91237

#12c949

#1292c9

Tetradic

#c91237

#c9a412

#12c9a4

#1237c9

Square

#c91237

#92c912

#12c9a4

#4912c9

Shades

Color #c91237 mixed toward black.

#a70f2e

#860c25

#64091b

#430612

#210309

Tints

Color #c91237 mixed toward white.

#eb2049

#ef4d6e

#f37992

#f7a6b6

#fbd2db

Tones

Color #c91237 mixed toward gray.

#ba2140

#aa3049

#9b4052

#8c4f5b

#7d5e64

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.63:1

White text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9b31 · ΔE 54.5

Deuteranopia

#a3ac2f · ΔE 60.2

Tritanopia

#c52b2a · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 27.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c91237;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c91237]

Related colors

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#c91237 (#c91237) is rgb(201, 18, 55) in RGB.

No, #c91237 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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