#C12C23#C12C23

#C12C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.187 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C12C23
RGBrgb(193, 44, 35)
HSLhsl(3, 69%, 45%)
HSVhsv(3, 82%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77.2%, 81.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(43.16, 57.48, 42.07)
CIE-LCHlch(43.16, 71.24, 36.20°)
OKLaboklab(53.21% 0.1638 0.0897)
OKLCHoklch(53.21% 0.187 28.7)
XYZxyz(23.1992, 13.2639, 2.9285)
Luminance0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C12C23 #23B8C1
analogous
#C12369 #C12C23 #C17B23
triadic
#C12C23 #23C12C #2C23C1
tetradic
#C12C23 #69C123 #23B8C1 #7B23C1
square
#C12C23 #69C123 #23B8C1 #7B23C1
split-complementary
#C12C23 #23C17B #2369C1
monochromatic
#591410 #8D201A #C12C23 #DD4D44 #E67E78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75
#C12C23 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65
#C12C23 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12C23
5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C12C23#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C12C231.005.753.655.75
#FFFFFF5.751.0021.001.00
#0000003.6521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.751.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5B5120
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F721B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5002C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c12c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 44, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.187 28.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7260',
    500: '#c12c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c12c23;
$custom-light: #de7260;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c12c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.418,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53212,
    "c": 0.18675,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C12C23
secondary
#72C9CE
accent
#E2EC3C
background
#FFF7F5
surface
#FEEDE9
border
#D6C8C5
text
#170905
muted
#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12C23

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#C12C23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva