#C12E27#C12E27

#C12E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.185 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12E27
RGB	rgb(193, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 79.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, 56.97, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 69.72, 35.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.163 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.185 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3383, 13.4416, 3.2847)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12E27 #27BAC1

analogous

#C1276D #C12E27 #C17B27

triadic

#C12E27 #27C12E #2E27C1

tetradic

#C12E27 #6DC127 #27BAC1 #7B27C1

square

#C12E27 #6DC127 #27BAC1 #7B27C1

split-complementary

#C12E27 #27C17B #276DC1

monochromatic

#5B1612 #8E221D #C12E27 #DB514B #E5827E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#C12E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#C12E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12E27

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12E27	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.185 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7362',
    500: '#c12e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12e27;
$custom-light: #dd7362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5342,
    "c": 0.18472,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12E27

secondary

#77C9CD

accent

#E2E93E

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12E27

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

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