#C42826#C42826

#C42826 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.192 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42826
RGB	rgb(196, 40, 38)
HSL	hsl(1, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 80.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, 59.64, 40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 72.30, 34.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1708 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.192 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8765, 13.3972, 3.1621)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42826 #26C2C4

analogous

#C42673 #C42826 #C47726

triadic

#C42826 #26C428 #2826C4

tetradic

#C42826 #73C426 #26C2C4 #7726C4

square

#C42826 #73C426 #26C2C4 #7726C4

split-complementary

#C42826 #26C477 #2673C4

monochromatic

#5D1312 #911E1C #C42826 #DC4D4B #E6807E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#C42826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#C42826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42826

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42826	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)

#5A5124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 40, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.192 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07161',
    500: '#c42826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42826;
$custom-light: #e07161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.759,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53472,
    "c": 0.19208,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42826

secondary

#77CDCE

accent

#E8EA3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42826

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

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