#C12E21#C12E21

#C12E21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.186 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12E21
RGB	rgb(193, 46, 33)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 82.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.37, 56.79, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.37, 71.42, 37.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.1613 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.186 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2467, 13.4050, 2.8019)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12E21 #21B4C1

analogous

#C12164 #C12E21 #C17E21

triadic

#C12E21 #21C12E #2E21C1

tetradic

#C12E21 #64C121 #21B4C1 #7E21C1

square

#C12E21 #64C121 #21B4C1 #7E21C1

split-complementary

#C12E21 #21C17E #2164C1

monochromatic

#58150F #8D2218 #C12E21 #DE4E41 #E77E75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#C12E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#C12E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12E21

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12E21	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C521D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 46, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.186 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de735e',
    500: '#c12e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12e21;
$custom-light: #de735e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.875,
    "s": 70.796,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53362,
    "c": 0.18552,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12E21

secondary

#6FC7CF

accent

#DFEE3A

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12E21

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

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