#C24540#C24540

#C24540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.161 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24540
RGB	rgb(194, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 49.65, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 58.08, 31.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.145 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.161 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3042, 16.0993, 6.6245)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24540 #40BDC2

analogous

#C2407C #C24540 #C28640

triadic

#C24540 #40C245 #4540C2

tetradic

#C24540 #7CC240 #40BDC2 #8640C2

square

#C24540 #7CC240 #40BDC2 #8640C2

split-complementary

#C24540 #40C286 #407CC2

monochromatic

#672421 #953430 #C24540 #D1726E #E09F9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#C24540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#C24540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24540

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24540	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D52745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.161 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f75',
    500: '#c24540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24540;
$custom-light: #dc7f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.308,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56307,
    "c": 0.1612,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24540

secondary

#92CACC

accent

#D6DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24540

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

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