#C24848#C24848

#C24848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.157 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24848
RGB	rgb(194, 72, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 62.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 48.82, 26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 55.40, 28.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1439 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.157 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7377, 16.5754, 7.9737)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24848 #48C2C2

analogous

#C24885 #C24848 #C28548

triadic

#C24848 #48C248 #4848C2

tetradic

#C24848 #85C248 #48C2C2 #8548C2

square

#C24848 #85C248 #48C2C2 #8548C2

split-complementary

#C24848 #48C285 #4885C2

monochromatic

#6C2424 #9A3333 #C24848 #D17676 #E1A4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C24848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C24848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24848

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24848	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D42E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 72, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.157 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db817b',
    500: '#c24848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24848;
$custom-light: #db817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5681,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24848

secondary

#98CECE

accent

#DADA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24848

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

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