#C24C38#C24C38

#C24C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.156 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C24C38
RGB	rgb(194, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 46.10, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 58.48, 37.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1323 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.156 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5490, 16.9272, 5.6625)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C24C38 #38AEC2

analogous

#C23869 #C24C38 #C29138

triadic

#C24C38 #38C24C #4C38C2

tetradic

#C24C38 #69C238 #38AEC2 #9138C2

square

#C24C38 #69C238 #38AEC2 #9138C2

split-complementary

#C24C38 #38C291 #3869C2

monochromatic

#63271D #93392A #C24C38 #D27565 #E09F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C24C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#C24C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C24C38

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C24C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C24C38	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c24c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.156 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc836f',
    500: '#c24c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c24c38;
$custom-light: #dc836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c24c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.696,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57072,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C24C38

secondary

#8AC2CB

accent

#C9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C24C38

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

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