#C52829#C52829

#C52829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.193 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52829
RGB	rgb(197, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(360, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(360, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 79.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, 60.03, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 71.86, 33.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.1725 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.193 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1879, 13.5519, 3.4396)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52829 #28C5C4

analogous

#C52878 #C52829 #C57628

triadic

#C52829 #29C528 #2829C5

tetradic

#C52829 #78C528 #28C5C4 #7628C5

square

#C52829 #78C528 #28C5C4 #7628C5

split-complementary

#C52829 #28C576 #2878C5

monochromatic

#5F1314 #921E1E #C52829 #DB4F50 #E68282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#C52829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#C52829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52829

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52829	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.193 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07164',
    500: '#c52829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52829;
$custom-light: #e07164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.618,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53686,
    "c": 0.19268,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52829

secondary

#7ACECE

accent

#E9E83F

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52829

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

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