#C12E26#C12E26

#C12E26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.185 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12E26
RGB	rgb(193, 46, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 80.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, 56.94, 40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 70.00, 35.57°)
OKLab	oklab(53.41% 0.1627 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(53.41% 0.185 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3220, 13.4351, 3.1986)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12E26 #26B9C1

analogous

#C1266B #C12E26 #C17C26

triadic

#C12E26 #26C12E #2E26C1

tetradic

#C12E26 #6BC126 #26B9C1 #7C26C1

square

#C12E26 #6BC126 #26B9C1 #7C26C1

split-complementary

#C12E26 #26C17C #266BC1

monochromatic

#5B1612 #8E221C #C12E26 #DB5149 #E5827C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#C12E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#C12E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12E26

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12E26	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)

#5C5223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 46, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.185 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7362',
    500: '#c12e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12e26;
$custom-light: #dd7362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.097,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5341,
    "c": 0.18486,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12E26

secondary

#75C9CD

accent

#E1EA3E

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12E26

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

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