#C12A24#C12A24

#C12A24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.188 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12A24
RGB	rgb(193, 42, 36)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 81.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 58.12, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 71.32, 35.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.166 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.188 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1416, 13.1245, 2.9835)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12A24 #24BBC1

analogous

#C1246D #C12A24 #C17924

triadic

#C12A24 #24C12A #2A24C1

tetradic

#C12A24 #6DC124 #24BBC1 #7924C1

square

#C12A24 #6DC124 #24BBC1 #7924C1

split-complementary

#C12A24 #24C179 #246DC1

monochromatic

#5A1411 #8D1F1A #C12A24 #DC4C46 #E67D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#C12A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#C12A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12A24

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12A24	1.00	5.79	3.62	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 42, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.188 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7160',
    500: '#c12a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12a24;
$custom-light: #de7160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.293,
    "s": 68.559,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5306,
    "c": 0.18809,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12A24

secondary

#73CACE

accent

#E5EB3C

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12A24

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

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