#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
RGB	rgb(197, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 79.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 58.25, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 70.75, 34.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.1669 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.188 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4061, 13.9883, 3.5123)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##C52E29	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C52E29

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

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