#C42A52#C42A52

#C42A52 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.189 H 11.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42A52
RGB	rgb(196, 42, 82)
HSL	hsl(344, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(344, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 61.21, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 63.16, 14.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% 0.185 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.189 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1184, 14.0046, 9.3615)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42A52 #2AC49C

analogous

#C42A9F #C42A52 #C44F2A

triadic

#C42A52 #52C42A #2A52C4

tetradic

#C42A52 #9FC42A #2AC49C #4F2AC4

square

#C42A52 #9FC42A #2AC49C #4F2AC4

split-complementary

#C42A52 #2AC44F #2A9FC4

monochromatic

#5F1428 #921F3D #C42A52 #DA5175 #E5849D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#C42A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#C42A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42A52

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42A52	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)

#555553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 42, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.189 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7382',
    500: '#c42a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42a52;
$custom-light: #dd7382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.416,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54346,
    "c": 0.189,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42A52

secondary

#7CCEB9

accent

#E8BC40

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42A52

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

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