#C6253A#C6253A

#C6253A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.194 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6253A
RGB	rgb(198, 37, 58)
HSL	hsl(352, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(352, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.71, 61.78, 29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.71, 68.58, 25.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1817 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.194 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7169, 13.6383, 5.3332)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6253A #25C6B1

analogous

#C6258A #C6253A #C66025

triadic

#C6253A #3AC625 #253AC6

tetradic

#C6253A #8AC625 #25C6B1 #6025C6

square

#C6253A #8AC625 #25C6B1 #6025C6

split-complementary

#C6253A #25C660 #258AC6

monochromatic

#5F121C #921B2B #C6253A #DD4B5E #E77E8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#C6253A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#C6253A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C6253A

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6253A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C6253A	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6253a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 37, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.194 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07170',
    500: '#c6253a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6253a;
$custom-light: #e07170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6253a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.174,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53882,
    "c": 0.1942,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6253A

secondary

#77CFC4

accent

#EBD53C

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEC

border

#D6C8C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6253A

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

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