#C62542#C62542

#C62542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.194 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C62542
RGB	rgb(198, 37, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(349, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, 62.17, 25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 67.02, 21.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.1847 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.194 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9364, 13.7261, 6.4896)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C62542 #25C6A9

analogous

#C62592 #C62542 #C65925

triadic

#C62542 #42C625 #2542C6

tetradic

#C62542 #92C625 #25C6A9 #5925C6

square

#C62542 #92C625 #25C6A9 #5925C6

split-complementary

#C62542 #25C659 #2592C6

monochromatic

#5F1220 #921B31 #C62542 #DD4B65 #E77E91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#C62542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#C62542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C62542

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C62542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C62542	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c62542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 37, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.194 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07176',
    500: '#c62542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c62542;
$custom-light: #e07176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c62542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.193,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54018,
    "c": 0.19397,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C62542

secondary

#77CFC0

accent

#EBCC3C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C62542

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

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