#C12B27#C12B27

#C12B27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.187 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12B27
RGB	rgb(193, 43, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 79.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.09, 57.91, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.09, 70.30, 34.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.17% 0.1659 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(53.17% 0.187 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2252, 13.2154, 3.2470)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12B27 #27BDC1

analogous

#C12770 #C12B27 #C17827

triadic

#C12B27 #27C12B #2B27C1

tetradic

#C12B27 #70C127 #27BDC1 #7827C1

square

#C12B27 #70C127 #27BDC1 #7827C1

split-complementary

#C12B27 #27C178 #2770C1

monochromatic

#5B1412 #8E201D #C12B27 #DB4E4B #E5807E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#C12B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#C12B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12B27

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12B27	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 43, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.187 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7262',
    500: '#c12b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12b27;
$custom-light: #dd7262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.558,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5317,
    "c": 0.18698,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12B27

secondary

#77CBCD

accent

#E5E93E

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12B27

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

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