#C52B26#C52B26

#C52B26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.191 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52B26
RGB	rgb(197, 43, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, 59.07, 41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 72.15, 35.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1689 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.191 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2427, 13.7419, 3.2093)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52B26 #26C0C5

analogous

#C52670 #C52B26 #C57A26

triadic

#C52B26 #26C52B #2B26C5

tetradic

#C52B26 #70C526 #26C0C5 #7A26C5

square

#C52B26 #70C526 #26C0C5 #7A26C5

split-complementary

#C52B26 #26C57A #2670C5

monochromatic

#5E1512 #92201C #C52B26 #DC504C #E6827F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#C52B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#C52B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52B26

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52B26	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 43, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.191 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07262',
    500: '#c52b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52b26;
$custom-light: #e07262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.887,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53883,
    "c": 0.19092,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52B26

secondary

#78CCCF

accent

#E5EB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52B26

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

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