#C42A4F#C42A4F

#C42A4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.189 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42A4F
RGB	rgb(196, 42, 79)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 59.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 61.01, 17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 63.44, 15.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.1838 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.189 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0068, 13.9599, 8.7734)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42A4F #2AC49F

analogous

#C42A9C #C42A4F #C4522A

triadic

#C42A4F #4FC42A #2A4FC4

tetradic

#C42A4F #9CC42A #2AC49F #522AC4

square

#C42A4F #9CC42A #2AC49F #522AC4

split-complementary

#C42A4F #2AC452 #2A9CC4

monochromatic

#5F1426 #921F3B #C42A4F #DA5172 #E5849B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#C42A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#C42A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42A4F

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42A4F	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56544F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 42, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.189 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7380',
    500: '#c42a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42a4f;
$custom-light: #dd7380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.584,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54278,
    "c": 0.18874,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42A4F

secondary

#7CCEBA

accent

#E8BF40

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42A4F

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

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