#C6253E#C6253E

#C6253E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.194 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6253E
RGB	rgb(198, 37, 62)
HSL	hsl(351, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 68.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, 61.96, 27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 67.76, 23.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% 0.1832 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.194 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8226, 13.6806, 5.8901)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6253E #25C6AD

analogous

#C6258E #C6253E #C65C25

triadic

#C6253E #3EC625 #253EC6

tetradic

#C6253E #8EC625 #25C6AD #5C25C6

square

#C6253E #8EC625 #25C6AD #5C25C6

split-complementary

#C6253E #25C65C #258EC6

monochromatic

#5F121E #921B2E #C6253E #DD4B62 #E77E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#C6253E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#C6253E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C6253E

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6253E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C6253E	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57523E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6253e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 37, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.194 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07173',
    500: '#c6253e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6253e;
$custom-light: #e07173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6253e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.683,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53948,
    "c": 0.19404,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6253E

secondary

#77CFC2

accent

#EBD03C

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEC

border

#D6C8C7

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6253E

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

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