#C52C2E#C52C2E

#C52C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.189 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52C2E
RGB	rgb(197, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 76.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 59.04, 37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 69.77, 32.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1705 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.189 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4227, 13.8728, 3.9760)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52C2E #2CC5C3

analogous

#C52C7A #C52C2E #C5772C

triadic

#C52C2E #2EC52C #2C2EC5

tetradic

#C52C2E #7AC52C #2CC5C3 #772CC5

square

#C52C2E #7AC52C #2CC5C3 #772CC5

split-complementary

#C52C2E #2CC577 #2C7AC5

monochromatic

#611617 #932122 #C52C2E #D95557 #E48788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#C52C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#C52C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52C2E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52C2E	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C532C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.189 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07367',
    500: '#c52c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52c2e;
$custom-light: #e07367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.216,
    "s": 63.485,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5405,
    "c": 0.18924,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52C2E

secondary

#7FCECD

accent

#E7E441

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52C2E

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

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