#C52A40#C52A40

#C52A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.189 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52A40
RGB	rgb(197, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(351, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(351, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.09, 60.42, 26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.09, 65.99, 23.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.1788 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.189 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7821, 13.9002, 6.2276)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52A40 #2AC5AF

analogous

#C52A8E #C52A40 #C5622A

triadic

#C52A40 #40C52A #2A40C5

tetradic

#C52A40 #8EC52A #2AC5AF #622AC5

square

#C52A40 #8EC52A #2AC5AF #622AC5

split-complementary

#C52A40 #2AC562 #2A8EC5

monochromatic

#60141F #931F30 #C52A40 #DA5265 #E58592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#C52A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#C52A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52A40

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52A40	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.189 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7274',
    500: '#c52a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52a40;
$custom-light: #df7274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.484,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54159,
    "c": 0.18937,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52A40

secondary

#7DCEC3

accent

#E8D040

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52A40

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

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