#C42A50#C42A50

#C42A50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.189 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42A50
RGB	rgb(196, 42, 80)
HSL	hsl(345, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 61.08, 16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 63.34, 15.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% 0.1842 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.189 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0434, 13.9746, 8.9665)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42A50 #2AC49E

analogous

#C42A9D #C42A50 #C4512A

triadic

#C42A50 #50C42A #2A50C4

tetradic

#C42A50 #9DC42A #2AC49E #512AC4

square

#C42A50 #9DC42A #2AC49E #512AC4

split-complementary

#C42A50 #2AC451 #2A9DC4

monochromatic

#5F1427 #921F3B #C42A50 #DA5173 #E5849C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#C42A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#C42A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42A50

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42A50	1.00	5.53	3.79	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 42, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.189 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7380',
    500: '#c42a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42a50;
$custom-light: #dd7380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.195,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.543,
    "c": 0.18882,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42A50

secondary

#7CCEBA

accent

#E8BE40

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42A50

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

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