#C24A38#C24A38

#C24A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.158 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24A38
RGB	rgb(194, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 47.01, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 58.96, 37.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1351 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.158 31)
XYZ	xyz(25.4134, 16.6559, 5.6173)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24A38 #38B0C2

analogous

#C2386B #C24A38 #C28F38

triadic

#C24A38 #38C24A #4A38C2

tetradic

#C24A38 #6BC238 #38B0C2 #8F38C2

square

#C24A38 #6BC238 #38B0C2 #8F38C2

split-complementary

#C24A38 #38C28F #386BC2

monochromatic

#63261D #93382A #C24A38 #D27365 #E09E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#C24A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C24A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24A38

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24A38	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D52E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.158 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc816f',
    500: '#c24a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24a38;
$custom-light: #dc816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56812,
    "c": 0.15762,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.16652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24A38

secondary

#8AC3CB

accent

#CBDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24A38

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

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