#C24221#C24221

#C24221 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.170 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24221
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 33)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 83%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 49.63, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 67.72, 42.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.1389 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.17 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4737, 15.4792, 3.1377)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24221 #21A1C2

analogous

#C22151 #C24221 #C29321

triadic

#C24221 #21C242 #4221C2

tetradic

#C24221 #51C221 #21A1C2 #9321C2

square

#C24221 #51C221 #21A1C2 #9321C2

split-complementary

#C24221 #21C293 #2151C2

monochromatic

#591E0F #8E3018 #C24221 #DF6241 #E88D76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C24221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C24221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24221

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24221	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87781B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.170 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7d60',
    500: '#c24221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24221;
$custom-light: #dd7d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.298,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5558,
    "c": 0.16988,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24221

secondary

#70BBCF

accent

#C9EE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170A05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24221

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

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