#C24A2A#C24A2A

#C24A2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.161 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24A2A
RGB	rgb(194, 74, 42)
HSL	hsl(13, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 78.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 46.41, 42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 63.25, 42.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1306 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.161 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1176, 16.5376, 4.0595)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24A2A #2AA2C2

analogous

#C22A56 #C24A2A #C2962A

triadic

#C24A2A #2AC24A #4A2AC2

tetradic

#C24A2A #56C22A #2AA2C2 #962AC2

square

#C24A2A #56C22A #2AA2C2 #962AC2

split-complementary

#C24A2A #2AC296 #2A56C2

monochromatic

#5D2414 #90371F #C24A2A #D96D50 #E49782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C24A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C24A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24A2A

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24A2A	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D52C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 74, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.161 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8166',
    500: '#c24a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24a2a;
$custom-light: #dd8166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.632,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5665,
    "c": 0.1608,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24A2A

secondary

#7BBCCD

accent

#C4E740

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24A2A

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

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