#C25242#C25242

#C25242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.147 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C25242
RGB	rgb(194, 82, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 43.83, 31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 54.11, 35.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1271 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.147 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2513, 17.9007, 7.2260)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C25242 #42B2C2

analogous

#C24272 #C25242 #C29242

triadic

#C25242 #42C252 #5242C2

tetradic

#C25242 #72C242 #42B2C2 #9242C2

square

#C25242 #72C242 #42B2C2 #9242C2

split-complementary

#C25242 #42C292 #4272C2

monochromatic

#682A22 #963D31 #C25242 #D17C70 #E0A79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C25242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#C25242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C25242

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C25242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C25242	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D43B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c25242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 82, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.147 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8677',
    500: '#c25242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c25242;
$custom-light: #db8677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c25242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58027,
    "c": 0.14724,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C25242

secondary

#94C5CC

accent

#C9DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C25242

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

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