#C6252F#C6252F

#C6252F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.195 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6252F
RGB	rgb(198, 37, 47)
HSL	hsl(356, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 76.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 61.33, 36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 71.18, 30.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1778 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.195 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4663, 13.5381, 4.0137)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6252F #25C6BC

analogous

#C6257F #C6252F #C66B25

triadic

#C6252F #2FC625 #252FC6

tetradic

#C6252F #7FC625 #25C6BC #6B25C6

square

#C6252F #7FC625 #25C6BC #6B25C6

split-complementary

#C6252F #25C66B #257FC6

monochromatic

#5F1217 #921B23 #C6252F #DD4B54 #E77E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#C6252F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#C6252F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C6252F

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6252F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C6252F	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)

#59512E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6252f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 37, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.195 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17068',
    500: '#c6252f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6252f;
$custom-light: #e17068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6252f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.273,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53727,
    "c": 0.19501,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6252F

secondary

#77CFCA

accent

#EBE03C

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6252F

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

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