#C52A3E#C52A3E

#C52A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.189 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52A3E
RGB	rgb(197, 42, 62)
HSL	hsl(352, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(352, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 60.32, 27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 66.38, 24.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.178 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.189 20)
XYZ	xyz(24.7262, 13.8779, 5.9332)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52A3E #2AC5B1

analogous

#C52A8C #C52A3E #C5642A

triadic

#C52A3E #3EC52A #2A3EC5

tetradic

#C52A3E #8CC52A #2AC5B1 #642AC5

square

#C52A3E #8CC52A #2AC5B1 #642AC5

split-complementary

#C52A3E #2AC564 #2A8CC5

monochromatic

#60141E #931F2E #C52A3E #DA5264 #E58591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#C52A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#C52A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52A3E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52A3E	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59533D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 42, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.189 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7273',
    500: '#c52a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52a3e;
$custom-light: #df7273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.258,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54125,
    "c": 0.18944,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.13874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52A3E

secondary

#7DCEC4

accent

#E8D240

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52A3E

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

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