#C03242#C03242

#C03242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.178 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C03242
RGB	rgb(192, 50, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 56.53, 25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 61.84, 23.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1674 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.178 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8648, 13.8846, 6.5766)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C03242 #32C0B0

analogous

#C03289 #C03242 #C06932

triadic

#C03242 #42C032 #3242C0

tetradic

#C03242 #89C032 #32C0B0 #6932C0

square

#C03242 #89C032 #32C0B0 #6932C0

split-complementary

#C03242 #32C069 #3289C0

monochromatic

#5F1921 #8F2531 #C03242 #D45B69 #E18B95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#C03242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#C03242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C03242

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C03242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C03242	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D30039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c03242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 50, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.178 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7576',
    500: '#c03242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c03242;
$custom-light: #db7576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c03242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.239,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53981,
    "c": 0.1777,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C03242

secondary

#83CBC3

accent

#E2D046

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C03242

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

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