#C52526#C52526

#C52526 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.195 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52526
RGB	rgb(197, 37, 38)
HSL	hsl(360, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(360, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.2%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.27, 60.74, 40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.27, 73.20, 33.91°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.1742 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.195 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0404, 13.3373, 3.1419)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52526 #25C5C4

analogous

#C52576 #C52526 #C57425

triadic

#C52526 #26C525 #2526C5

tetradic

#C52526 #76C525 #25C5C4 #7425C5

square

#C52526 #76C525 #25C5C4 #7425C5

split-complementary

#C52526 #25C574 #2576C5

monochromatic

#5E1212 #911B1C #C52526 #DD4A4B #E77E7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#C52526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#C52526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52526

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52526	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 37, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.195 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17061',
    500: '#c52526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52526;
$custom-light: #e17061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.625,
    "s": 68.376,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53442,
    "c": 0.19501,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52526

secondary

#77CFCE

accent

#EBEA3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52526

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

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