#C52F26#C52F26

#C52F26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.188 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C52F26
RGB	rgb(197, 47, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 57.84, 41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 71.40, 35.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% 0.1651 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.188 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3953, 14.0472, 3.2602)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C52F26 #26BCC5

analogous

#C5266C #C52F26 #C57E26

triadic

#C52F26 #26C52F #2F26C5

tetradic

#C52F26 #6CC526 #26BCC5 #7E26C5

square

#C52F26 #6CC526 #26BCC5 #7E26C5

split-complementary

#C52F26 #26C57E #266CC5

monochromatic

#5E1712 #92231C #C52F26 #DC544C #E6857F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#C52F26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#C52F26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C52F26

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C52F26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C52F26	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83751F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c52f26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 47, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.188 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07462',
    500: '#c52f26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c52f26;
$custom-light: #e07462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c52f26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.396,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5421,
    "c": 0.18796,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C52F26

secondary

#78CACF

accent

#E1EB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C52F26

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

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