#C12824#C12824

#C12824 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.190 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12824
RGB	rgb(193, 40, 36)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 81.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, 58.70, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 71.68, 35.02°)
OKLab	oklab(52.91% 0.1678 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(52.91% 0.19 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0724, 12.9862, 2.9605)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12824 #24BDC1

analogous

#C1246E #C12824 #C17724

triadic

#C12824 #24C128 #2824C1

tetradic

#C12824 #6EC124 #24BDC1 #7724C1

square

#C12824 #6EC124 #24BDC1 #7724C1

split-complementary

#C12824 #24C177 #246EC1

monochromatic

#5A1311 #8D1D1A #C12824 #DC4A46 #E67C79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#C12824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#C12824 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12824

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12824	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 40, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.190 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7160',
    500: '#c12824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12824;
$custom-light: #de7160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.529,
    "s": 68.559,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52906,
    "c": 0.1895,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12824

secondary

#73CBCE

accent

#E7EB3C

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170805

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12824

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

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