#C22821#C22821

#C22821 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.191 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C22821
RGB	rgb(194, 40, 33)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 83%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, 58.92, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 72.91, 36.10°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.1678 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.191 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2843, 13.1005, 2.7412)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C22821 #21BBC2

analogous

#C2216A #C22821 #C27921

triadic

#C22821 #21C228 #2821C2

tetradic

#C22821 #6AC221 #21BBC2 #7921C2

square

#C22821 #6AC221 #21BBC2 #7921C2

split-complementary

#C22821 #21C279 #216AC2

monochromatic

#59120F #8E1D18 #C22821 #DF4841 #E87B76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#C22821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#C22821 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C22821

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C22821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C22821	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c22821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 40, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.191 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df715e',
    500: '#c22821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c22821;
$custom-light: #df715e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c22821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5306,
    "c": 0.19079,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C22821

secondary

#70CBCF

accent

#E6EE3A

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C22821

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

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