#C12C26#C12C26

#C12C26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.186 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12C26
RGB	rgb(193, 44, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 80.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 57.57, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 70.39, 35.12°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.1647 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.186 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2457, 13.2825, 3.1732)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12C26 #26BBC1

analogous

#C1266D #C12C26 #C17A26

triadic

#C12C26 #26C12C #2C26C1

tetradic

#C12C26 #6DC126 #26BBC1 #7A26C1

square

#C12C26 #6DC126 #26BBC1 #7A26C1

split-complementary

#C12C26 #26C17A #266DC1

monochromatic

#5B1512 #8E201C #C12C26 #DB4F49 #E5807C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#C12C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#C12C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12C26

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12C26	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 44, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.186 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7262',
    500: '#c12c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12c26;
$custom-light: #dd7262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.323,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53242,
    "c": 0.18637,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12C26

secondary

#75CACD

accent

#E3EA3E

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12C26

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

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