#C6253C#C6253C

#C6253C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.194 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6253C
RGB	rgb(198, 37, 60)
HSL	hsl(351, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 69.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, 61.87, 28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 68.16, 24.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.91% 0.1824 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(53.91% 0.194 20)
XYZ	xyz(24.7687, 13.6591, 5.6064)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6253C #25C6AF

analogous

#C6258C #C6253C #C65F25

triadic

#C6253C #3CC625 #253CC6

tetradic

#C6253C #8CC625 #25C6AF #5F25C6

square

#C6253C #8CC625 #25C6AF #5F25C6

split-complementary

#C6253C #25C65F #258CC6

monochromatic

#5F121D #921B2C #C6253C #DD4B60 #E77E8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#C6253C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#C6253C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C6253C

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6253C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C6253C	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)

#57523B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6253c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 37, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.194 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07171',
    500: '#c6253c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6253c;
$custom-light: #e07171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6253c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53914,
    "c": 0.19411,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.13655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6253C

secondary

#77CFC3

accent

#EBD23C

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEC

border

#D6C8C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6253C

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

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