#C12E2C#C12E2C

#C12E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.184 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C12E2C
RGB	rgb(193, 46, 44)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 77.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 57.14, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 68.33, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1645 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.184 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4267, 13.4770, 3.7502)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C12E2C #2CBFC1

analogous

#C12C75 #C12E2C #C1792C

triadic

#C12E2C #2CC12E #2E2CC1

tetradic

#C12E2C #75C12C #2CBFC1 #792CC1

square

#C12E2C #75C12C #2CBFC1 #792CC1

split-complementary

#C12E2C #2CC179 #2C75C1

monochromatic

#5D1615 #8F2221 #C12E2C #D85453 #E38684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#C12E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#C12E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C12E2C

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C12E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C12E2C	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B522A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c12e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 46, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.184 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7366',
    500: '#c12e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c12e2c;
$custom-light: #dd7366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c12e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.805,
    "s": 62.869,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53475,
    "c": 0.18409,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C12E2C

secondary

#7DCBCC

accent

#E4E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C12E2C

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

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