#C04A42#C04A42

#C04A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.153 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C04A42
RGB	rgb(192, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 46.85, 29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 55.38, 32.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1368 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.153 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1728, 16.5008, 7.0126)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C04A42 #42B8C0

analogous

#C04279 #C04A42 #C08942

triadic

#C04A42 #42C04A #4A42C0

tetradic

#C04A42 #79C042 #42B8C0 #8942C0

square

#C04A42 #79C042 #42B8C0 #8942C0

split-complementary

#C04A42 #42C089 #4279C0

monochromatic

#662622 #943731 #C04A42 #CF7670 #DFA29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C04A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C04A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C04A42

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C04A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C04A42	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D23149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c04a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.153 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8176',
    500: '#c04a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c04a42;
$custom-light: #da8176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c04a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.81,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56643,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C04A42

secondary

#93C7CB

accent

#D1DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C04A42

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

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