#C42B29#C42B29

#C42B29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.190 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42B29
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.69, 58.87, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.69, 70.92, 33.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.169 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.19 27)
XYZ	xyz(24.0320, 13.6275, 3.4624)
Luminance	0.1362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42B29 #29C2C4

analogous

#C42975 #C42B29 #C47929

triadic

#C42B29 #29C42B #2B29C4

tetradic

#C42B29 #75C429 #29C2C4 #7929C4

square

#C42B29 #75C429 #29C2C4 #7929C4

split-complementary

#C42B29 #29C479 #2975C4

monochromatic

#5F1514 #91201E #C42B29 #DA5250 #E58482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#C42B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#C42B29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42B29

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42B29	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.190 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07264',
    500: '#c42b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42b29;
$custom-light: #e07264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.774,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53733,
    "c": 0.18961,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.13624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42B29

secondary

#7BCDCE

accent

#E6E83F

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42B29

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

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