#C24959#C24959

#C24959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.155 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24959
RGB	rgb(194, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(352, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(352, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 49.62, 16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 52.33, 18.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1492 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.155 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4361, 16.9591, 11.3306)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24959 #49C2B2

analogous

#C24996 #C24959 #C27649

triadic

#C24959 #59C249 #4959C2

tetradic

#C24959 #96C249 #49C2B2 #7649C2

square

#C24959 #96C249 #49C2B2 #7649C2

split-complementary

#C24959 #49C276 #4996C2

monochromatic

#6C242E #9A3441 #C24959 #D17783 #E1A5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C24959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C24959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24959

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24959	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.155 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8187',
    500: '#c24959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24959;
$custom-light: #da8187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.066,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5728,
    "c": 0.15487,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24959

secondary

#99CEC7

accent

#D9C74E

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24959

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

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