#C52A26#C52A26

#C52A26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.192 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52A26
RGB	rgb(197, 42, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.76, 59.37, 41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.76, 72.33, 34.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.1699 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.192 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2067, 13.6701, 3.1974)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52A26 #26C1C5

analogous

#C52672 #C52A26 #C57926

triadic

#C52A26 #26C52A #2A26C5

tetradic

#C52A26 #72C526 #26C1C5 #7926C5

square

#C52A26 #72C526 #26C1C5 #7926C5

split-complementary

#C52A26 #26C579 #2672C5

monochromatic

#5E1412 #921F1C #C52A26 #DC4F4C #E6827F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#C52A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#C52A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52A26

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52A26	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)

#5B5223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 42, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.192 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17262',
    500: '#c52a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52a26;
$custom-light: #e17262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.509,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53805,
    "c": 0.19164,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52A26

secondary

#78CDCF

accent

#E6EB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52A26

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

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