#C22A45#C22A45

#C22A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.186 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C22A45
RGB	rgb(194, 42, 69)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 59.83, 22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 64.00, 20.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.1784 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.187 17)
XYZ	xyz(24.1529, 13.5586, 6.9744)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C22A45 #2AC2A7

analogous

#C22A91 #C22A45 #C25B2A

triadic

#C22A45 #45C22A #2A45C2

tetradic

#C22A45 #91C22A #2AC2A7 #5B2AC2

square

#C22A45 #91C22A #2AC2A7 #5B2AC2

split-complementary

#C22A45 #2AC25B #2A91C2

monochromatic

#5D1421 #901F33 #C22A45 #D95068 #E48294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#C22A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#C22A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C22A45

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C22A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C22A45	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c22a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 42, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.186 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7278',
    500: '#c22a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c22a45;
$custom-light: #dc7278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c22a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.342,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53715,
    "c": 0.1865,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.13555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C22A45

secondary

#7BCDBE

accent

#E7CA40

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C22A45

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

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