Cedar Chest (#C95A49)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 4.16:1 — vs black: 5.04:1

Color values

HEX #C95A49
RGB rgb(201, 90, 73)
HSL hsl(7, 63%, 78%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 55.22, 63.68, 21.18 )

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Tags

Mood

Style

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #C95A49 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Cedar Chest
#C95A49 Base

#49B8C9

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Cedar Chest
#C95A49 Base

#C94978

#C99A49

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Cedar Chest
#C95A49 Base

#49C95A

#5A49C9

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Cedar Chest
#C95A49 Base

#49C99A

#4978C9

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Cedar Chest
#C95A49 Base

#78C949

#49B8C9

#9A49C9

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Cedar Chest
#C95A49 Base

#5D241C

#983B2D

#B44635

#D27768

#DB8F84

#ECC5BF

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Cedar Chest, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #140806

— #3A1711

— #60261D

— #873528

— #AD4333

Cedar Chest #C95A49 Base

— #D37769

— #DC958A

— #E6B2AA

— #F0D0CB

— #F9EDEB

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #C95A49. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #C95A49;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #C95A49;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #C95A49;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #C95A49,
        #A7E2EB
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #C95A49,
        #A7E2EB
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$cedar-chest: #C95A49;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$cedar-chest-r: 201;
$cedar-chest-g: 90;
$cedar-chest-b: 73;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $cedar-chest;
    color: rgba($cedar-chest-r, $cedar-chest-g, $cedar-chest-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Cedar Chest appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #C95A49 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #878743 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #6E6E4A Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #CA5858 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #7C7C7C Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Cedar Chest ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Cedar Chest #C95A49 Base

Dark Coral #CD5B45 ΔE 1.73

Jelly Bean #DA614E ΔE 4.04

Chestnut #CD5C5C ΔE 5.69

Vermilion #E34234 ΔE 5.75

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.