#C42A29#C42A29

#C42A29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.190 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42A29
RGB	rgb(196, 42, 41)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(0, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 59.16, 39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 71.11, 33.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.1699 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.19 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9961, 13.5556, 3.4504)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42A29 #29C3C4

analogous

#C42976 #C42A29 #C47829

triadic

#C42A29 #29C42A #2A29C4

tetradic

#C42A29 #76C429 #29C3C4 #7829C4

square

#C42A29 #76C429 #29C3C4 #7829C4

split-complementary

#C42A29 #29C478 #2976C4

monochromatic

#5F1414 #911F1E #C42A29 #DA5150 #E58382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#C42A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#C42A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42A29

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42A29	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)

#5B5227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 42, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.190 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07264',
    500: '#c42a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42a29;
$custom-light: #e07264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.387,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53655,
    "c": 0.19033,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42A29

secondary

#7BCDCE

accent

#E7E83F

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42A29

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

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