#C12D27#C12D27

#C12D27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.185 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12D27
RGB	rgb(193, 45, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 79.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.31, 57.29, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.31, 69.92, 34.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.164 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.185 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2997, 13.3644, 3.2718)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12D27 #27BBC1

analogous

#C1276E #C12D27 #C17A27

triadic

#C12D27 #27C12D #2D27C1

tetradic

#C12D27 #6EC127 #27BBC1 #7A27C1

square

#C12D27 #6EC127 #27BBC1 #7A27C1

split-complementary

#C12D27 #27C17A #276EC1

monochromatic

#5B1512 #8E211D #C12D27 #DB504B #E5827E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#C12D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#C12D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12D27

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12D27	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 45, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.185 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7362',
    500: '#c12d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12d27;
$custom-light: #dd7362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.338,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53335,
    "c": 0.18549,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12D27

secondary

#77CACD

accent

#E3E93E

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12D27

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

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