#C12B22#C12B22

#C12B22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.188 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12B22
RGB	rgb(193, 43, 34)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 82.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.04, 57.76, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.04, 71.70, 36.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.12% 0.1645 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(53.12% 0.188 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1478, 13.1844, 2.8391)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12B22 #22B8C1

analogous

#C12269 #C12B22 #C17A22

triadic

#C12B22 #22C12B #2B22C1

tetradic

#C12B22 #69C122 #22B8C1 #7A22C1

square

#C12B22 #69C122 #22B8C1 #7A22C1

split-complementary

#C12B22 #22C17A #2269C1

monochromatic

#591410 #8D1F19 #C12B22 #DE4B42 #E77D76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#C12B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#C12B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12B22

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12B22	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A511F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 43, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.188 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de725f',
    500: '#c12b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12b22;
$custom-light: #de725f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.396,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53121,
    "c": 0.18761,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12B22

secondary

#71C9CE

accent

#E3ED3B

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12B22

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

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