#C4272A#C4272A

#C4272A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.192 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4272A
RGB	rgb(196, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.1%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.30, 60.05, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.30, 71.38, 32.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.1729 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.192 26)
XYZ	xyz(23.9113, 13.3578, 3.5094)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4272A #27C4C1

analogous

#C42778 #C4272A #C47327

triadic

#C4272A #2AC427 #272AC4

tetradic

#C4272A #78C427 #27C4C1 #7327C4

square

#C4272A #78C427 #27C4C1 #7327C4

split-complementary

#C4272A #27C473 #2778C4

monochromatic

#5E1314 #911D1F #C4272A #DC4D4F #E68082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#C4272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#C4272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4272A

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4272A	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.192 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07164',
    500: '#c4272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4272a;
$custom-light: #e07164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.854,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53442,
    "c": 0.19233,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.13354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4272A

secondary

#79CECD

accent

#EAE63E

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4272A

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

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