#C03A42#C03A42

#C03A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.170 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C03A42
RGB	rgb(192, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.12, 53.61, 26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.12, 59.77, 26.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% 0.1581 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.17 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2372, 14.6294, 6.7007)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C03A42 #3AC0B8

analogous

#C03A85 #C03A42 #C0753A

triadic

#C03A42 #42C03A #3A42C0

tetradic

#C03A42 #85C03A #3AC0B8 #753AC0

square

#C03A42 #85C03A #3AC0B8 #753AC0

split-complementary

#C03A42 #3AC075 #3A85C0

monochromatic

#621E22 #912C32 #C03A42 #D1666D #DF959A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#C03A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C03A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C03A42

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C03A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C03A42	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3123E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c03a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.170 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7976',
    500: '#c03a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c03a42;
$custom-light: #da7976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c03a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.418,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54767,
    "c": 0.17005,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C03A42

secondary

#8BCAC7

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C03A42

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

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