#C52C24#C52C24

#C52C24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.190 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52C24
RGB	rgb(197, 44, 36)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 81.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, 58.71, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 72.53, 35.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1674 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.19 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2481, 13.8030, 3.0562)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52C24 #24BDC5

analogous

#C5246D #C52C24 #C57C24

triadic

#C52C24 #24C52C #2C24C5

tetradic

#C52C24 #6DC524 #24BDC5 #7C24C5

square

#C52C24 #6DC524 #24BDC5 #7C24C5

split-complementary

#C52C24 #24C57C #246DC5

monochromatic

#5E1511 #91201B #C52C24 #DE5049 #E7827C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#C52C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#C52C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52C24

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52C24	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 44, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.190 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17360',
    500: '#c52c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52c24;
$custom-light: #e17360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.981,
    "s": 69.099,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53943,
    "c": 0.19044,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52C24

secondary

#76CBCF

accent

#E3EC3C

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52C24

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

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