#C24949#C24949

#C24949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.156 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24949
RGB	rgb(194, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 48.44, 25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 54.90, 28.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1429 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.156 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8357, 16.7189, 8.1686)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24949 #49C2C2

analogous

#C24986 #C24949 #C28649

triadic

#C24949 #49C249 #4949C2

tetradic

#C24949 #86C249 #49C2C2 #8649C2

square

#C24949 #86C249 #49C2C2 #8649C2

split-complementary

#C24949 #49C286 #4986C2

monochromatic

#6C2424 #9A3434 #C24949 #D17777 #E1A5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C24949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C24949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24949

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24949	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.156 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db817b',
    500: '#c24949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24949;
$custom-light: #db817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56953,
    "c": 0.1557,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24949

secondary

#99CECE

accent

#D9D94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24949

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

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