#C5262A#C5262A

#C5262A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.194 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5262A
RGB	rgb(197, 38, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.40, 60.61, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.40, 71.94, 32.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1746 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.194 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1399, 13.4276, 3.5108)
Luminance	0.1342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5262A #26C5C1

analogous

#C52679 #C5262A #C57226

triadic

#C5262A #2AC526 #262AC5

tetradic

#C5262A #79C526 #26C5C1 #7226C5

square

#C5262A #79C526 #26C5C1 #7226C5

split-complementary

#C5262A #26C572 #2679C5

monochromatic

#5E1214 #921C1F #C5262A #DC4C4F #E67F82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#C5262A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#C5262A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5262A

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5262A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5262A	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5262a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 38, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.194 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07164',
    500: '#c5262a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5262a;
$custom-light: #e07164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5262a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.491,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53554,
    "c": 0.19392,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5262A

secondary

#78CFCD

accent

#EBE63D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5262A

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

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