#C5282A#C5282A

#C5282A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.193 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5282A
RGB	rgb(197, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 60.06, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 71.59, 32.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.1729 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.193 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2056, 13.5590, 3.5327)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5282A #28C5C3

analogous

#C52879 #C5282A #C57528

triadic

#C5282A #2AC528 #282AC5

tetradic

#C5282A #79C528 #28C5C3 #7528C5

square

#C5282A #79C528 #28C5C3 #7528C5

split-complementary

#C5282A #28C575 #2879C5

monochromatic

#5F1314 #921E1F #C5282A #DB4F51 #E68283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#C5282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#C5282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5282A

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5282A	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)

#5A5128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.193 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07164',
    500: '#c5282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5282a;
$custom-light: #e07164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.236,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53697,
    "c": 0.19257,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5282A

secondary

#7ACECD

accent

#E9E73F

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5282A

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

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