#C42A53#C42A53

#C42A53 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.189 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42A53
RGB	rgb(196, 42, 83)
HSL	hsl(344, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(344, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 57.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.26, 61.28, 15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.26, 63.09, 13.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.1854 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.189 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1568, 14.0199, 9.5634)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42A53 #2AC49B

analogous

#C42AA0 #C42A53 #C44E2A

triadic

#C42A53 #53C42A #2A53C4

tetradic

#C42A53 #A0C42A #2AC49B #4E2AC4

square

#C42A53 #A0C42A #2AC49B #4E2AC4

split-complementary

#C42A53 #2AC44E #2AA0C4

monochromatic

#5F1428 #921F3E #C42A53 #DA5176 #E5849E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#C42A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#C42A53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42A53

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42A53	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C744F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 42, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.189 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7383',
    500: '#c42a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42a53;
$custom-light: #dd7383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.026,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5437,
    "c": 0.18911,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42A53

secondary

#7CCEB8

accent

#E8BB40

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42A53

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

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