#C24840#C24840

#C24840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.158 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24840
RGB	rgb(194, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 48.34, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 57.28, 32.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1408 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.158 27)
XYZ	xyz(25.4935, 16.4777, 6.6876)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24840 #40BAC2

analogous

#C24079 #C24840 #C28940

triadic

#C24840 #40C248 #4840C2

tetradic

#C24840 #79C240 #40BAC2 #8940C2

square

#C24840 #79C240 #40BAC2 #8940C2

split-complementary

#C24840 #40C289 #4079C2

monochromatic

#672521 #953630 #C24840 #D1746E #E0A19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C24840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C24840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24840

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24840	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D52C47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.158 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8075',
    500: '#c24840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24840;
$custom-light: #db8075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.692,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56675,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.16474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24840

secondary

#92C8CC

accent

#D2DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24840

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

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