#C24940#C24940

#C24940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.157 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24940
RGB	rgb(194, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 47.89, 30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 57.02, 32.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1394 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.157 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5587, 16.6081, 6.7093)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24940 #40B9C2

analogous

#C24078 #C24940 #C28A40

triadic

#C24940 #40C249 #4940C2

tetradic

#C24940 #78C240 #40B9C2 #8A40C2

square

#C24940 #78C240 #40B9C2 #8A40C2

split-complementary

#C24940 #40C28A #4078C2

monochromatic

#672621 #953730 #C24940 #D1756E #E0A19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C24940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C24940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24940

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24940	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69613E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D52E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.157 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8175',
    500: '#c24940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24940;
$custom-light: #db8175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.154,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56801,
    "c": 0.15705,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24940

secondary

#92C8CC

accent

#D1DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24940

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

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