#C24236#C24236

#C24236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.166 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24236
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, 50.42, 35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 61.48, 34.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% 0.1453 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.166 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8649, 15.6357, 5.1980)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24236 #36B6C2

analogous

#C23670 #C24236 #C28836

triadic

#C24236 #36C242 #4236C2

tetradic

#C24236 #70C236 #36B6C2 #8836C2

square

#C24236 #70C236 #36B6C2 #8836C2

split-complementary

#C24236 #36C288 #3670C2

monochromatic

#62211B #923229 #C24236 #D36C62 #E19992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C24236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C24236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24236

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24236	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)

#665D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.166 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7d6e',
    500: '#c24236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24236;
$custom-light: #dc7d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55804,
    "c": 0.16587,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24236

secondary

#88C6CC

accent

#D3E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24236

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

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