#C24142#C24142

#C24142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.165 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24142
RGB	rgb(194, 65, 66)
HSL	hsl(360, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(360, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 51.46, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 58.69, 28.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% 0.1511 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.165 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1244, 15.6468, 6.8504)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24142 #41C2C1

analogous

#C24182 #C24142 #C28041

triadic

#C24142 #42C241 #4142C2

tetradic

#C24142 #82C241 #41C2C1 #8041C2

square

#C24142 #82C241 #41C2C1 #8041C2

split-complementary

#C24142 #41C280 #4182C2

monochromatic

#672122 #963031 #C24142 #D16F70 #E09E9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C24142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C24142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24142

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24142	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D52143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 65, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.165 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7d76',
    500: '#c24142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24142;
$custom-light: #dc7d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.535,
    "s": 51.394,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55869,
    "c": 0.16507,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24142

secondary

#93CCCC

accent

#DBDA4D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24142

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

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