#C0422B#C0422B

#C0422B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.166 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0422B
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 43)
HSL	hsl(9, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 77.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 49.27, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 63.86, 39.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% 0.1398 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.166 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1252, 15.2808, 3.9642)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0422B #2BA9C0

analogous

#C02B5E #C0422B #C08C2B

triadic

#C0422B #2BC042 #422BC0

tetradic

#C0422B #5EC02B #2BA9C0 #8C2BC0

square

#C0422B #5EC02B #2BA9C0 #8C2BC0

split-complementary

#C0422B #2BC08C #2B5EC0

monochromatic

#5C2015 #8E3120 #C0422B #D86550 #E39182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C0422B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C0422B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C0422B

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0422B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C0422B	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D31E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0422b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.166 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7d66',
    500: '#c0422b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0422b;
$custom-light: #db7d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0422b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.262,
    "s": 63.404,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5534,
    "c": 0.16584,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0422B

secondary

#7BC0CC

accent

#CDE641

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0422B

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

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