#C12A25#C12A25

#C12A25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.188 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12A25
RGB	rgb(193, 42, 37)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 80.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, 58.15, 40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 71.04, 35.06°)
OKLab	oklab(53.07% 0.1663 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(53.07% 0.188 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1570, 13.1307, 3.0651)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12A25 #25BCC1

analogous

#C1256E #C12A25 #C17825

triadic

#C12A25 #25C12A #2A25C1

tetradic

#C12A25 #6EC125 #25BCC1 #7825C1

square

#C12A25 #6EC125 #25BCC1 #7825C1

split-complementary

#C12A25 #25C178 #256EC1

monochromatic

#5A1411 #8E1F1B #C12A25 #DC4C47 #E67E7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#C12A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#C12A25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12A25

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12A25	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 42, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.188 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7161',
    500: '#c12a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12a25;
$custom-light: #de7161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.923,
    "s": 67.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5307,
    "c": 0.18797,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12A25

secondary

#74CBCE

accent

#E5EB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12A25

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

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