#C52E28#C52E28

#C52E28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.188 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C52E28
RGBrgb(197, 46, 40)
HSLhsl(2, 66%, 46%)
HSVhsv(2, 80%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76.6%, 79.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(44.21, 58.22, 40.69)
CIE-LCHlch(44.21, 71.03, 34.95°)
OKLaboklab(54.15% 0.1666 0.088)
OKLCHoklch(54.15% 0.188 27.8)
XYZxyz(24.3889, 13.9814, 3.4216)
Luminance0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C52E28 #28BFC5
analogous
#C52871 #C52E28 #C57D28
triadic
#C52E28 #28C52E #2E28C5
tetradic
#C52E28 #71C528 #28BFC5 #7D28C5
square
#C52E28 #71C528 #28BFC5 #7D28C5
split-complementary
#C52E28 #28C57D #2871C5
monochromatic
#5F1613 #92221E #C52E28 #DB544F #E68682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53
#C52E28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80
#C52E28 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52E28
5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C52E28#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C52E281.005.533.805.53
#FFFFFF5.531.0021.001.00
#0000003.8021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.531.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5D5325
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#827421
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D9002F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c52e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.188 27.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07463',
    500: '#c52e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c52e28;
$custom-light: #e07463;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c52e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.293,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54146,
    "c": 0.18847,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C52E28
secondary
#7ACBCE
accent
#E3E93F
background
#FFF7F5
surface
#FEEDEA
border
#D6C8C6
text
#170905
muted
#857B79

Preview Lab

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#C52E28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva