#C12C25#C12C25

#C12C25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.186 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12C25
RGB	rgb(193, 44, 37)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 80.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.18, 57.54, 41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.18, 70.67, 35.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% 0.1644 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.187 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2298, 13.2761, 3.0893)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12C25 #25BAC1

analogous

#C1256C #C12C25 #C17A25

triadic

#C12C25 #25C12C #2C25C1

tetradic

#C12C25 #6CC125 #25BAC1 #7A25C1

square

#C12C25 #6CC125 #25BAC1 #7A25C1

split-complementary

#C12C25 #25C17A #256CC1

monochromatic

#5A1511 #8E201B #C12C25 #DC4E47 #E6807B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#C12C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#C12C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12C25

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12C25	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)

#5B5122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 44, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.186 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7261',
    500: '#c12c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12c25;
$custom-light: #dd7261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.692,
    "s": 67.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53232,
    "c": 0.1865,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12C25

secondary

#74CACE

accent

#E3EB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12C25

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

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