#C12A27#C12A27

#C12A27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.188 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12A27
RGB	rgb(193, 42, 39)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 79.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 58.21, 39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 70.48, 34.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.1669 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.188 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1893, 13.1436, 3.2350)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12A27 #27BEC1

analogous

#C12771 #C12A27 #C17727

triadic

#C12A27 #27C12A #2A27C1

tetradic

#C12A27 #71C127 #27BEC1 #7727C1

square

#C12A27 #71C127 #27BEC1 #7727C1

split-complementary

#C12A27 #27C177 #2771C1

monochromatic

#5B1412 #8E1F1D #C12A27 #DB4D4B #E5807E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#C12A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#C12A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12A27

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12A27	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)

#5A5125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 42, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.188 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7162',
    500: '#c12a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12a27;
$custom-light: #dd7162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.169,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53091,
    "c": 0.18772,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12A27

secondary

#77CBCD

accent

#E6E93E

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12A27

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

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