#C42572#C42572

#C42572 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.201 H 357.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C42572
RGBrgb(196, 37, 114)
HSLhsl(331, 68%, 46%)
HSVhsv(331, 81%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 81.1%, 41.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(44.63, 65.17, -3.75)
CIE-LCHlch(44.63, 65.28, 356.71°)
OKLaboklab(54.91% 0.2006 -0.009)
OKLCHoklch(54.91% 0.201 357.4)
XYZxyz(26.4658, 14.2773, 17.2785)
Luminance0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familypink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C42572 #25C477
analogous
#C425C1 #C42572 #C42725
triadic
#C42572 #72C425 #2572C4
tetradic
#C42572 #C1C425 #25C477 #2725C4
square
#C42572 #C1C425 #25C477 #2725C4
split-complementary
#C42572 #25C427 #25C1C4
monochromatic
#5D1236 #911B54 #C42572 #DD4991 #E67DB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45
#C42572 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85
#C42572 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42572
5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C42572#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C425721.005.453.855.45
#FFFFFF5.451.0021.001.00
#0000003.8521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.451.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4A5774
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#76746E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D40049
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c42572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 37, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.201 357.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc729a',
    500: '#c42572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c42572;
$custom-light: #dc729a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c42572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330.943,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54913,
    "c": 0.20083,
    "h": 357.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C42572
secondary
#76CFA4
accent
#EB973D
background
#FEF7F9
surface
#FCEDF2
border
#D5C8CC
text
#16090E
muted
#847B7E

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#C42572 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva