#C42825#C42825

#C42825 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.192 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C42825
RGBrgb(196, 40, 37)
HSLhsl(1, 68%, 46%)
HSVhsv(1, 81%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.6%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(43.35, 59.61, 41.39)
CIE-LCHlch(43.35, 72.58, 34.77°)
OKLaboklab(53.46% 0.1705 0.0886)
OKLCHoklch(53.46% 0.192 27.5)
XYZxyz(23.8606, 13.3908, 3.0783)
Luminance0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C42825 #25C1C4
analogous
#C42571 #C42825 #C47725
triadic
#C42825 #25C428 #2825C4
tetradic
#C42825 #71C425 #25C1C4 #7725C4
square
#C42825 #71C425 #25C1C4 #7725C4
split-complementary
#C42825 #25C477 #2571C4
monochromatic
#5D1312 #911D1B #C42825 #DD4C49 #E67F7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71
#C42825 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68
#C42825 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42825
5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C42825#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C428251.005.713.685.71
#FFFFFF5.711.0021.001.00
#0000003.6821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.711.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5A5122
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#80721D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8002A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c42825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 40, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.192 27.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07161',
    500: '#c42825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c42825;
$custom-light: #e07161;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c42825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.132,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53463,
    "c": 0.1922,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C42825
secondary
#76CDCF
accent
#E8EB3D
background
#FFF7F5
surface
#FEEDEA
border
#D6C8C6
text
#170905
muted
#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42825

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#C42825 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva