#C6252E#C6252E

#C6252E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.195 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6252E
RGB	rgb(198, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 76.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, 61.29, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 71.44, 30.91°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.1775 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.195 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4464, 13.5301, 3.9086)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6252E #25C6BD

analogous

#C6257E #C6252E #C66C25

triadic

#C6252E #2EC625 #252EC6

tetradic

#C6252E #7EC625 #25C6BD #6C25C6

square

#C6252E #7EC625 #25C6BD #6C25C6

split-complementary

#C6252E #25C66C #257EC6

monochromatic

#5F1216 #921B22 #C6252E #DD4B53 #E77E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#C6252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#C6252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C6252E

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C6252E	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59512C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.195 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17067',
    500: '#c6252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6252e;
$custom-light: #e17067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.646,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53715,
    "c": 0.19511,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6252E

secondary

#77CFCA

accent

#EBE23C

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6252E

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

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