#C05042#C05042

#C05042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.147 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C05042
RGB	rgb(192, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 44.05, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 53.77, 34.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.128 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.147 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5927, 17.3405, 7.1526)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C05042 #42B2C0

analogous

#C04273 #C05042 #C08F42

triadic

#C05042 #42C050 #5042C0

tetradic

#C05042 #73C042 #42B2C0 #8F42C0

square

#C05042 #73C042 #42B2C0 #8F42C0

split-complementary

#C05042 #42C08F #4273C0

monochromatic

#662922 #943C31 #C05042 #CF7A70 #DFA59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C05042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C05042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C05042

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C05042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C05042	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c05042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.147 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98577',
    500: '#c05042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c05042;
$custom-light: #d98577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c05042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57443,
    "c": 0.14706,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C05042

secondary

#93C5CB

accent

#CADA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C05042

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

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