#C6252B#C6252B

#C6252B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.195 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6252B
RGB	rgb(198, 37, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 78.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.52, 61.19, 38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.52, 72.23, 32.10°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.1765 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.195 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3893, 13.5073, 3.6080)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6252B #25C6C0

analogous

#C6257B #C6252B #C66F25

triadic

#C6252B #2BC625 #252BC6

tetradic

#C6252B #7BC625 #25C6C0 #6F25C6

square

#C6252B #7BC625 #25C6C0 #6F25C6

split-complementary

#C6252B #25C66F #257BC6

monochromatic

#5F1215 #921B20 #C6252B #DD4B50 #E77E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#C6252B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#C6252B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C6252B

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6252B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C6252B	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6252b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 37, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.195 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17065',
    500: '#c6252b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6252b;
$custom-light: #e17065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6252b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.764,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53679,
    "c": 0.1954,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6252B

secondary

#77CFCC

accent

#EBE53C

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6252B

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

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