#C24138#C24138

#C24138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.166 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24138
RGB	rgb(194, 65, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 50.93, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 61.18, 33.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.1474 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.166 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8549, 15.5390, 5.4312)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24138 #38B9C2

analogous

#C23874 #C24138 #C28638

triadic

#C24138 #38C241 #4138C2

tetradic

#C24138 #74C238 #38B9C2 #8638C2

square

#C24138 #74C238 #38B9C2 #8638C2

split-complementary

#C24138 #38C286 #3874C2

monochromatic

#63211D #93312A #C24138 #D26C65 #E09994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C24138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C24138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24138

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24138	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 65, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.166 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7c6f',
    500: '#c24138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24138;
$custom-light: #dc7c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.913,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55715,
    "c": 0.16649,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24138

secondary

#8AC7CB

accent

#D5DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24138

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

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