#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
RGB	rgb(193, 44, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 81.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, 57.48, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 71.24, 36.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.21% 0.1638 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(53.21% 0.187 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1992, 13.2639, 2.9285)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##C12C23	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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