#C52D26#C52D26

#C52D26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.189 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52D26
RGB	rgb(197, 45, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 58.47, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 71.78, 35.46°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.167 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.189 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3172, 13.8909, 3.2342)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52D26 #26BEC5

analogous

#C5266E #C52D26 #C57D26

triadic

#C52D26 #26C52D #2D26C5

tetradic

#C52D26 #6EC526 #26BEC5 #7D26C5

square

#C52D26 #6EC526 #26BEC5 #7D26C5

split-complementary

#C52D26 #26C57D #266EC5

monochromatic

#5E1612 #92211C #C52D26 #DC524C #E6847F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#C52D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#C52D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52D26

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52D26	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 45, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.189 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07362',
    500: '#c52d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52d26;
$custom-light: #e07362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.642,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54043,
    "c": 0.18946,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52D26

secondary

#78CBCF

accent

#E3EB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52D26

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →