#C24A2E#C24A2E

#C24A2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.160 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24A2E
RGB	rgb(194, 74, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 46.57, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 61.99, 41.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1318 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.16 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1928, 16.5677, 4.4555)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24A2E #2EA6C2

analogous

#C22E5C #C24A2E #C2942E

triadic

#C24A2E #2EC24A #4A2EC2

tetradic

#C24A2E #5CC22E #2EA6C2 #942EC2

square

#C24A2E #5CC22E #2EA6C2 #942EC2

split-complementary

#C24A2E #2EC294 #2E5CC2

monochromatic

#5F2417 #913722 #C24A2E #D76F56 #E39988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C24A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C24A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24A2E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24A2E	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)

#6C612A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D52C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 74, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.160 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8168',
    500: '#c24a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24a2e;
$custom-light: #dc8168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.351,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56691,
    "c": 0.15987,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24A2E

secondary

#7FBECC

accent

#C6E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24A2E

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

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