#C12E24#C12E24

#C12E24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.185 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12E24
RGB	rgb(193, 46, 36)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 81.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.39, 56.88, 41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.39, 70.57, 36.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.1621 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.185 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2906, 13.4225, 3.0332)
Luminance	0.1342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12E24 #24B7C1

analogous

#C12468 #C12E24 #C17D24

triadic

#C12E24 #24C12E #2E24C1

tetradic

#C12E24 #68C124 #24B7C1 #7D24C1

square

#C12E24 #68C124 #24B7C1 #7D24C1

split-complementary

#C12E24 #24C17D #2468C1

monochromatic

#5A1511 #8D221A #C12E24 #DC4F46 #E68079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#C12E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#C12E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12E24

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12E24	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 46, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.185 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7360',
    500: '#c12e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12e24;
$custom-light: #dd7360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.822,
    "s": 68.559,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5339,
    "c": 0.18512,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12E24

secondary

#73C8CE

accent

#E0EB3C

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12E24

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

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