#C24B38#C24B38

#C24B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.157 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24B38
RGB	rgb(194, 75, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 46.56, 35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 58.72, 37.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1337 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.157 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4806, 16.7905, 5.6398)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24B38 #38AFC2

analogous

#C2386A #C24B38 #C29038

triadic

#C24B38 #38C24B #4B38C2

tetradic

#C24B38 #6AC238 #38AFC2 #9038C2

square

#C24B38 #6AC238 #38AFC2 #9038C2

split-complementary

#C24B38 #38C290 #386AC2

monochromatic

#63261D #93392A #C24B38 #D27465 #E09F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C24B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C24B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24B38

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24B38	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.157 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc826f',
    500: '#c24b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24b38;
$custom-light: #dc826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.261,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56942,
    "c": 0.15663,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24B38

secondary

#8AC2CB

accent

#CADF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24B38

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

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