#C4252E#C4252E

#C4252E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.193 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4252E
RGB	rgb(196, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, 60.72, 36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 70.67, 30.77°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% 0.1759 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.193 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9226, 13.2600, 3.8841)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4252E #25C4BB

analogous

#C4257D #C4252E #C46B25

triadic

#C4252E #2EC425 #252EC4

tetradic

#C4252E #7DC425 #25C4BB #6B25C4

square

#C4252E #7DC425 #25C4BB #6B25C4

split-complementary

#C4252E #25C46B #257DC4

monochromatic

#5D1216 #911B22 #C4252E #DD4952 #E67D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#C4252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#C4252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4252E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4252E	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58502C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.193 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7067',
    500: '#c4252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4252e;
$custom-light: #df7067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.604,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53349,
    "c": 0.19326,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4252E

secondary

#76CFCA

accent

#EBE13D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4252E

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

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