#C42A51#C42A51

#C42A51 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.189 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42A51
RGB	rgb(196, 42, 81)
HSL	hsl(345, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 61.14, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 63.25, 14.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% 0.1846 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.189 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0807, 13.9895, 9.1626)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42A51 #2AC49D

analogous

#C42A9E #C42A51 #C4502A

triadic

#C42A51 #51C42A #2A51C4

tetradic

#C42A51 #9EC42A #2AC49D #502AC4

square

#C42A51 #9EC42A #2AC49D #502AC4

split-complementary

#C42A51 #2AC450 #2A9EC4

monochromatic

#5F1427 #921F3C #C42A51 #DA5174 #E5849C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#C42A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#C42A51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42A51

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42A51	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 42, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.189 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7381',
    500: '#c42a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42a51;
$custom-light: #dd7381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.805,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54323,
    "c": 0.18891,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42A51

secondary

#7CCEB9

accent

#E8BD40

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42A51

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

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