#C42732#C42732

#C42732 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.192 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42732
RGB	rgb(196, 39, 50)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.1%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.39, 60.34, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.39, 69.30, 29.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% 0.1756 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.192 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0691, 13.4209, 4.3402)
Luminance	0.1342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42732 #27C4B9

analogous

#C42780 #C42732 #C46A27

triadic

#C42732 #32C427 #2732C4

tetradic

#C42732 #80C427 #27C4B9 #6A27C4

square

#C42732 #80C427 #27C4B9 #6A27C4

split-complementary

#C42732 #27C46A #2780C4

monochromatic

#5E1318 #911D25 #C42732 #DC4D57 #E68087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#C42732 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#C42732 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42732

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42732	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42732	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42732;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 39, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.192 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df716a',
    500: '#c42732',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42732;
$custom-light: #df716a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42732",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.796,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53541,
    "c": 0.19153,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42732

secondary

#79CEC8

accent

#EADE3E

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42732

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

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