#C4272E#C4272E

#C4272E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.192 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4272E
RGB	rgb(196, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.1%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 60.19, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 70.31, 31.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1742 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.192 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9865, 13.3879, 3.9054)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4272E #27C4BD

analogous

#C4277C #C4272E #C46E27

triadic

#C4272E #2EC427 #272EC4

tetradic

#C4272E #7CC427 #27C4BD #6E27C4

square

#C4272E #7CC427 #27C4BD #6E27C4

split-complementary

#C4272E #27C46E #277CC4

monochromatic

#5E1316 #911D22 #C4272E #DC4D53 #E68084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#C4272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#C4272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4272E

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4272E	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59512C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.192 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7167',
    500: '#c4272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4272e;
$custom-light: #df7167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.325,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53489,
    "c": 0.19191,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4272E

secondary

#79CECA

accent

#EAE23E

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4272E

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

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