#C22A48#C22A48

#C22A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.187 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C22A48
RGB	rgb(194, 42, 72)
HSL	hsl(348, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(348, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 62.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 60.01, 20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 63.56, 19.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1795 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.187 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2484, 13.5968, 7.4773)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C22A48 #2AC2A4

analogous

#C22A94 #C22A48 #C2582A

triadic

#C22A48 #48C22A #2A48C2

tetradic

#C22A48 #94C22A #2AC2A4 #582AC2

square

#C22A48 #94C22A #2AC2A4 #582AC2

split-complementary

#C22A48 #2AC258 #2A94C2

monochromatic

#5D1423 #901F35 #C22A48 #D9506B #E48296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#C22A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#C22A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C22A48

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C22A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C22A48	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c22a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 42, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.187 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc727a',
    500: '#c22a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c22a48;
$custom-light: #dc727a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c22a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.158,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53775,
    "c": 0.18654,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C22A48

secondary

#7BCDBD

accent

#E7C640

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C22A48

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

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