#C52826#C52826

#C52826 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.193 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52826
RGB	rgb(197, 40, 38)
HSL	hsl(1, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, 59.93, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 72.69, 34.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.1716 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.193 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1376, 13.5318, 3.1743)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52826 #26C3C5

analogous

#C52673 #C52826 #C57726

triadic

#C52826 #26C528 #2826C5

tetradic

#C52826 #73C526 #26C3C5 #7726C5

square

#C52826 #73C526 #26C3C5 #7726C5

split-complementary

#C52826 #26C577 #2673C5

monochromatic

#5E1312 #921E1C #C52826 #DC4E4C #E6807F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#C52826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#C52826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52826

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52826	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 40, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.193 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17162',
    500: '#c52826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52826;
$custom-light: #e17162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.755,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53655,
    "c": 0.19302,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52826

secondary

#78CECF

accent

#E8EB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52826

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

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