#C24238#C24238

#C24238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.166 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24238
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 50.51, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 60.93, 34.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.146 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.166 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9128, 15.6549, 5.4505)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24238 #38B8C2

analogous

#C23873 #C24238 #C28738

triadic

#C24238 #38C242 #4238C2

tetradic

#C24238 #73C238 #38B8C2 #8738C2

square

#C24238 #73C238 #38B8C2 #8738C2

split-complementary

#C24238 #38C287 #3873C2

monochromatic

#63221D #93322A #C24238 #D26D65 #E09A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#C24238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C24238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24238

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24238	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D52041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.166 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7d6f',
    500: '#c24238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24238;
$custom-light: #dc7d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.348,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55831,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24238

secondary

#8AC7CB

accent

#D4DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24238

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

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