#C12C27#C12C27

#C12C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.186 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12C27
RGB	rgb(193, 44, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 79.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.20, 57.60, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.20, 70.11, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% 0.165 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.186 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2620, 13.2890, 3.2593)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12C27 #27BCC1

analogous

#C1276F #C12C27 #C17927

triadic

#C12C27 #27C12C #2C27C1

tetradic

#C12C27 #6FC127 #27BCC1 #7927C1

square

#C12C27 #6FC127 #27BCC1 #7927C1

split-complementary

#C12C27 #27C179 #276FC1

monochromatic

#5B1512 #8E201D #C12C27 #DB4F4B #E5817E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#C12C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#C12C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12C27

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12C27	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)

#5B5124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 44, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.186 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7262',
    500: '#c12c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12c27;
$custom-light: #dd7262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.948,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53252,
    "c": 0.18625,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12C27

secondary

#77CACD

accent

#E4E93E

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12C27

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

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