#C12D38#C12D38

#C12D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.184 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12D38
RGB	rgb(193, 45, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, 57.96, 30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 65.49, 27.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1697 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.184 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6472, 13.5034, 5.1019)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12D38 #2DC1B6

analogous

#C12D82 #C12D38 #C16C2D

triadic

#C12D38 #38C12D #2D38C1

tetradic

#C12D38 #82C12D #2DC1B6 #6C2DC1

square

#C12D38 #82C12D #2DC1B6 #6C2DC1

split-complementary

#C12D38 #2DC16C #2D82C1

monochromatic

#5E161B #8F212A #C12D38 #D7545E #E3868D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#C12D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#C12D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12D38

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12D38	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D40033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 45, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.184 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc736e',
    500: '#c12d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12d38;
$custom-light: #dc736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.541,
    "s": 62.185,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53553,
    "c": 0.18362,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12D38

secondary

#7ECCC6

accent

#E5D943

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12D38

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

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