#C12C24#C12C24

#C12C24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.187 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12C24
RGB	rgb(193, 44, 36)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 81.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, 57.51, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 70.95, 35.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.1641 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.187 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2143, 13.2699, 3.0078)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12C24 #24B9C1

analogous

#C1246B #C12C24 #C17A24

triadic

#C12C24 #24C12C #2C24C1

tetradic

#C12C24 #6BC124 #24B9C1 #7A24C1

square

#C12C24 #6BC124 #24B9C1 #7A24C1

split-complementary

#C12C24 #24C17A #246BC1

monochromatic

#5A1411 #8D201A #C12C24 #DC4D46 #E67F79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#C12C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#C12C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12C24

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12C24	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)

#5B5121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 44, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.187 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7260',
    500: '#c12c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12c24;
$custom-light: #de7260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.057,
    "s": 68.559,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53222,
    "c": 0.18663,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12C24

secondary

#73C9CE

accent

#E2EB3C

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12C24

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

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