#C24237#C24237

#C24237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.166 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24237
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 50.46, 34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 61.21, 34.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1457 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.166 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8886, 15.6452, 5.3230)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24237 #37B7C2

analogous

#C23772 #C24237 #C28837

triadic

#C24237 #37C242 #4237C2

tetradic

#C24237 #72C237 #37B7C2 #8837C2

square

#C24237 #72C237 #37B7C2 #8837C2

split-complementary

#C24237 #37C288 #3772C2

monochromatic

#63221C #923229 #C24237 #D36C63 #E09993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C24237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C24237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24237

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24237	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)

#665D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.166 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7d6e',
    500: '#c24237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24237;
$custom-light: #dc7d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.748,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55817,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24237

secondary

#89C6CB

accent

#D3DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24237

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

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