#C42A80#C42A80

#C42A80 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.202 H 352.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C42A80
RGBrgb(196, 42, 128)
HSLhsl(326, 65%, 47%)
HSVhsv(326, 79%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 78.6%, 34.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(45.57, 65.27, -10.95)
CIE-LCHlch(45.57, 66.19, 350.48°)
OKLaboklab(55.76% 0.2003 -0.0283)
OKLCHoklch(55.76% 0.202 352)
XYZxyz(27.4909, 14.9536, 21.8565)
Luminance0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familypink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C42A80 #2AC46E
analogous
#BB2AC4 #C42A80 #C42A33
triadic
#C42A80 #80C42A #2A80C4
tetradic
#C42A80 #C4BB2A #2AC46E #2A33C4
square
#C42A80 #C4BB2A #2AC46E #2A33C4
split-complementary
#C42A80 #33C42A #2AC4BB
monochromatic
#5F143E #921F5F #C42A80 #DA519E #E584BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26
#C42A80 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99
#C42A80 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42A80
5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C42A80#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C42A801.005.263.995.26
#FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00
#0000003.9921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#485A82
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#74767D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D31A52
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c42a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 42, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.202 352.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db74a4',
    500: '#c42a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c42a80;
$custom-light: #db74a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c42a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.494,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55757,
    "c": 0.2023,
    "h": 352
  },
  "luminance": 0.1495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C42A80
secondary
#7CCEA0
accent
#E88A40
background
#FEF7FA
surface
#FCEEF4
border
#D5C9CE
text
#16090F
muted
#847B7F

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#C42A80 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva