#C42A6E#C42A6E

#C42A6E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.195 H 359.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42A6E
RGB	rgb(196, 42, 110)
HSL	hsl(334, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(334, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 43.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 63.46, -0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 63.47, 359.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.1951 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.195 359.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4095, 14.5210, 16.1610)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42A6E #2AC480

analogous

#C42ABB #C42A6E #C4332A

triadic

#C42A6E #6EC42A #2A6EC4

tetradic

#C42A6E #BBC42A #2AC480 #332AC4

square

#C42A6E #BBC42A #2AC480 #332AC4

split-complementary

#C42A6E #2AC433 #2ABBC4

monochromatic

#5F1435 #921F52 #C42A6E #DA518E #E584AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#C42A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#C42A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42A6E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42A6E	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78756A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 42, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.195 359.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7497',
    500: '#c42a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42a6e;
$custom-light: #dc7497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 333.506,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55123,
    "c": 0.19509,
    "h": 359.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42A6E

secondary

#7CCEAA

accent

#E89E40

background

#FEF7F9

surface

#FCEDF2

border

#D5C8CC

text

#16090D

muted

#847B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42A6E

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

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