#C42930#C42930

#C42930 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.190 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42930
RGB	rgb(196, 41, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 59.70, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 69.43, 30.70°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.1731 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.19 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0943, 13.5389, 4.1403)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42930 #29C4BD

analogous

#C4297E #C42930 #C47029

triadic

#C42930 #30C429 #2930C4

tetradic

#C42930 #7EC429 #29C4BD #7029C4

square

#C42930 #7EC429 #29C4BD #7029C4

split-complementary

#C42930 #29C470 #297EC4

monochromatic

#5F1417 #911E24 #C42930 #DA5056 #E58287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#C42930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#C42930 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42930

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42930	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A522F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 41, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.190 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7269',
    500: '#c42930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42930;
$custom-light: #df7269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.29,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53662,
    "c": 0.19028,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42930

secondary

#7BCECA

accent

#E8E13F

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42930

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

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