#C52B24#C52B24

#C52B24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.191 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52B24
RGB	rgb(197, 43, 36)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 81.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, 59.01, 42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 72.71, 35.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1684 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.191 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2113, 13.7294, 3.0440)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52B24 #24BEC5

analogous

#C5246D #C52B24 #C57C24

triadic

#C52B24 #24C52B #2B24C5

tetradic

#C52B24 #6DC524 #24BEC5 #7C24C5

square

#C52B24 #6DC524 #24BEC5 #7C24C5

split-complementary

#C52B24 #24C57C #246DC5

monochromatic

#5E1411 #91201B #C52B24 #DE4F49 #E7817C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#C52B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#C52B24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52B24

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52B24	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 43, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.191 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17260',
    500: '#c52b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52b24;
$custom-light: #e17260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 69.099,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53863,
    "c": 0.19117,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52B24

secondary

#76CBCF

accent

#E4EC3C

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52B24

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

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