#C52C26#C52C26

#C52C26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.190 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52C26
RGB	rgb(197, 44, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 58.77, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 71.97, 35.25°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.168 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.19 28)
XYZ	xyz(24.2795, 13.8155, 3.2216)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52C26 #26BFC5

analogous

#C5266F #C52C26 #C57B26

triadic

#C52C26 #26C52C #2C26C5

tetradic

#C52C26 #6FC526 #26BFC5 #7B26C5

square

#C52C26 #6FC526 #26BFC5 #7B26C5

split-complementary

#C52C26 #26C57B #266FC5

monochromatic

#5E1512 #92211C #C52C26 #DC514C #E6837F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#C52C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#C52C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52C26

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52C26	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 44, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.190 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07362',
    500: '#c52c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52c26;
$custom-light: #e07362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.264,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53962,
    "c": 0.1902,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.13812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52C26

secondary

#78CCCF

accent

#E4EB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52C26

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

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