#C52E29#C52E29

#C52E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.188 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C52E29
RGBrgb(197, 46, 41)
HSLhsl(2, 66%, 47%)
HSVhsv(2, 79%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76.6%, 79.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(44.22, 58.25, 40.16)
CIE-LCHlch(44.22, 70.75, 34.58°)
OKLaboklab(54.16% 0.1669 0.0872)
OKLCHoklch(54.16% 0.188 27.6)
XYZxyz(24.4061, 13.9883, 3.5123)
Luminance0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C52E29 #29C0C5
analogous
#C52972 #C52E29 #C57C29
triadic
#C52E29 #29C52E #2E29C5
tetradic
#C52E29 #72C529 #29C0C5 #7C29C5
square
#C52E29 #72C529 #29C0C5 #7C29C5
split-complementary
#C52E29 #29C57C #2972C5
monochromatic
#601614 #92221E #C52E29 #DB5551 #E58683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53
#C52E29 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80
#C52E29 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52E29
5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C52E29#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C52E291.005.533.805.53
#FFFFFF5.531.0021.001.00
#0000003.8021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.531.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5D5427
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#827422
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D9002F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c52e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.188 27.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07464',
    500: '#c52e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c52e29;
$custom-light: #e07464;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c52e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.923,
    "s": 65.546,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54156,
    "c": 0.18834,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C52E29
secondary
#7CCCCE
accent
#E3E83F
background
#FFF7F6
surface
#FEEDEB
border
#D6C8C6
text
#170905
muted
#857B7A

Preview Lab

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#C52E29 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva