#C12E25#C12E25

#C12E25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.185 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12E25
RGB	rgb(193, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 80.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.40, 56.91, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.40, 70.29, 35.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.4% 0.1624 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(53.4% 0.185 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3061, 13.4287, 3.1148)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12E25 #25B8C1

analogous

#C1256A #C12E25 #C17C25

triadic

#C12E25 #25C12E #2E25C1

tetradic

#C12E25 #6AC125 #25B8C1 #7C25C1

square

#C12E25 #6AC125 #25B8C1 #7C25C1

split-complementary

#C12E25 #25C17C #256AC1

monochromatic

#5A1611 #8E221B #C12E25 #DC5047 #E6817B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#C12E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#C12E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12E25

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12E25	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.185 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7361',
    500: '#c12e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12e25;
$custom-light: #dd7361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.462,
    "s": 67.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.534,
    "c": 0.18498,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12E25

secondary

#74C8CE

accent

#E1EB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12E25

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

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