#C22E22#C22E22

#C22E22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.186 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C22E22
RGB	rgb(194, 46, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 82.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, 57.13, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 71.54, 37.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1624 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.186 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5167, 13.5426, 2.8888)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C22E22 #22B6C2

analogous

#C22266 #C22E22 #C27E22

triadic

#C22E22 #22C22E #2E22C2

tetradic

#C22E22 #66C222 #22B6C2 #7E22C2

square

#C22E22 #66C222 #22B6C2 #7E22C2

split-complementary

#C22E22 #22C27E #2266C2

monochromatic

#5A1510 #8E2219 #C22E22 #DE4F43 #E78077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#C22E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#C22E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C22E22

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C22E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C22E22	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)

#5C521F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c22e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 46, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.186 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de735f',
    500: '#c22e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c22e22;
$custom-light: #de735f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c22e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.5,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53551,
    "c": 0.18635,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C22E22

secondary

#71C8CF

accent

#E0ED3B

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C22E22

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

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