#C22A40#C22A40

#C22A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.187 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C22A40
RGB	rgb(194, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(351, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, 59.56, 25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 64.86, 23.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% 0.1764 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.187 19)
XYZ	xyz(24.0042, 13.4991, 6.1912)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C22A40 #2AC2AC

analogous

#C22A8C #C22A40 #C2602A

triadic

#C22A40 #40C22A #2A40C2

tetradic

#C22A40 #8CC22A #2AC2AC #602AC2

square

#C22A40 #8CC22A #2AC2AC #602AC2

split-complementary

#C22A40 #2AC260 #2A8CC2

monochromatic

#5D141F #901F2F #C22A40 #D95064 #E48291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#C22A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#C22A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C22A40

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C22A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C22A40	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c22a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.187 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7274',
    500: '#c22a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c22a40;
$custom-light: #dd7274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c22a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.316,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53623,
    "c": 0.18655,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.13495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C22A40

secondary

#7BCDC1

accent

#E7CF40

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C22A40

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

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