#C22A21#C22A21

#C22A21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.189 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C22A21
RGB	rgb(194, 42, 33)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 83%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, 58.33, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 72.56, 36.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.21% 0.166 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(53.21% 0.189 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3535, 13.2389, 2.7643)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C22A21 #21B9C2

analogous

#C22169 #C22A21 #C27B21

triadic

#C22A21 #21C22A #2A21C2

tetradic

#C22A21 #69C221 #21B9C2 #7B21C2

square

#C22A21 #69C221 #21B9C2 #7B21C2

split-complementary

#C22A21 #21C27B #2169C2

monochromatic

#59130F #8E1F18 #C22A21 #DF4A41 #E87C76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#C22A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#C22A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C22A21

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C22A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C22A21	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A511E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c22a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 42, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.189 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df715e',
    500: '#c22a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c22a21;
$custom-light: #df715e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c22a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.354,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53214,
    "c": 0.1894,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C22A21

secondary

#70CACF

accent

#E4EE3A

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C22A21

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

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