#C52A24#C52A24

#C52A24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.192 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52A24
RGB	rgb(197, 42, 36)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 81.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, 59.31, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 72.89, 35.55°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1693 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.192 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1753, 13.6575, 3.0320)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52A24 #24BFC5

analogous

#C5246E #C52A24 #C57A24

triadic

#C52A24 #24C52A #2A24C5

tetradic

#C52A24 #6EC524 #24BFC5 #7A24C5

square

#C52A24 #6EC524 #24BFC5 #7A24C5

split-complementary

#C52A24 #24C57A #246EC5

monochromatic

#5E1411 #911F1B #C52A24 #DE4E49 #E7807C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#C52A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#C52A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52A24

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52A24	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 42, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.192 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17260',
    500: '#c52a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52a24;
$custom-light: #e17260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.236,
    "s": 69.099,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53786,
    "c": 0.19187,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52A24

secondary

#76CCCF

accent

#E5EC3C

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52A24

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

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