#C42979#C42979

#C42979 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.200 H 354.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C42979
RGBrgb(196, 41, 121)
HSLhsl(329, 65%, 46%)
HSVhsv(329, 79%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.1%, 38.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(45.23, 64.81, -7.17)
CIE-LCHlch(45.23, 65.21, 353.69°)
OKLaboklab(55.43% 0.1993 -0.0181)
OKLCHoklch(55.43% 0.2 354.8)
XYZxyz(27.0109, 14.7056, 19.5015)
Luminance0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familypink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C42979 #29C474
analogous
#C229C4 #C42979 #C4292C
triadic
#C42979 #79C429 #2979C4
tetradic
#C42979 #C4C229 #29C474 #292CC4
square
#C42979 #C4C229 #29C474 #292CC4
split-complementary
#C42979 #2CC429 #29C4C2
monochromatic
#5F143B #911E5A #C42979 #DA5097 #E582B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33
#C42979 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94
#C42979 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42979
5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C42979#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C429791.005.333.945.33
#FFFFFF5.331.0021.001.00
#0000003.9421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.331.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4A597B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#757576
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4114E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c42979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 41, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.200 354.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db749f',
    500: '#c42979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c42979;
$custom-light: #db749f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c42979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 329.032,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55427,
    "c": 0.20013,
    "h": 354.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C42979
secondary
#7BCEA3
accent
#E8913F
background
#FEF7F9
surface
#FCEEF2
border
#D5C9CC
text
#16090E
muted
#847B7E

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#C42979 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva