#C24243#C24243

#C24243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.164 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24243
RGB	rgb(194, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(360, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(360, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 65.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 51.10, 27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 58.20, 28.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56% 0.1501 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(56% 0.164 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2120, 15.7745, 7.0263)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24243 #42C2C1

analogous

#C24283 #C24243 #C28142

triadic

#C24243 #43C242 #4243C2

tetradic

#C24243 #83C242 #42C2C1 #8142C2

square

#C24243 #83C242 #42C2C1 #8142C2

split-complementary

#C24243 #42C281 #4283C2

monochromatic

#682222 #963131 #C24243 #D17071 #E09F9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C24243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C24243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24243

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24243	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D52344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.164 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7d77',
    500: '#c24243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24243;
$custom-light: #dc7d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.531,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56001,
    "c": 0.16391,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24243

secondary

#94CCCC

accent

#DBDA4D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24243

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

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