#C52E26#C52E26

#C52E26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.189 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52E26
RGB	rgb(197, 46, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, 58.16, 41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 71.59, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.1661 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.189 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3558, 13.9681, 3.2470)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52E26 #26BDC5

analogous

#C5266D #C52E26 #C57D26

triadic

#C52E26 #26C52E #2E26C5

tetradic

#C52E26 #6DC526 #26BDC5 #7D26C5

square

#C52E26 #6DC526 #26BDC5 #7D26C5

split-complementary

#C52E26 #26C57D #266DC5

monochromatic

#5E1612 #92221C #C52E26 #DC534C #E6847F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#C52E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#C52E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52E26

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52E26	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 46, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.189 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07462',
    500: '#c52e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52e26;
$custom-light: #e07462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.019,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54126,
    "c": 0.18872,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52E26

secondary

#78CACF

accent

#E2EB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52E26

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

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