#C52A27#C52A27

#C52A27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.192 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52A27
RGB	rgb(197, 42, 39)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 80.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, 59.40, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 72.05, 34.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.1701 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.192 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2231, 13.6766, 3.2835)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52A27 #27C2C5

analogous

#C52773 #C52A27 #C57927

triadic

#C52A27 #27C52A #2A27C5

tetradic

#C52A27 #73C527 #27C2C5 #7927C5

square

#C52A27 #73C527 #27C2C5 #7927C5

split-complementary

#C52A27 #27C579 #2773C5

monochromatic

#5F1413 #921F1D #C52A27 #DC504D #E68280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#C52A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#C52A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52A27

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52A27	1.00	5.62	3.73	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 42, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.192 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07262',
    500: '#c52a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52a27;
$custom-light: #e07262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.139,
    "s": 66.949,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53815,
    "c": 0.19151,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52A27

secondary

#79CDCF

accent

#E7EA3E

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52A27

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

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