#C42B49#C42B49

#C42B49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.188 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42B49
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 73)
HSL	hsl(348, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 60.34, 21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 63.91, 19.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.1805 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.188 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8341, 13.9483, 7.6867)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42B49 #2BC4A6

analogous

#C42B96 #C42B49 #C4592B

triadic

#C42B49 #49C42B #2B49C4

tetradic

#C42B49 #96C42B #2BC4A6 #592BC4

square

#C42B49 #96C42B #2BC4A6 #592BC4

split-complementary

#C42B49 #2BC459 #2B96C4

monochromatic

#601524 #922036 #C42B49 #D9536D #E48598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#C42B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#C42B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42B49

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42B49	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D70038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.188 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de737b',
    500: '#c42b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42b49;
$custom-light: #de737b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.235,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54227,
    "c": 0.1876,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42B49

secondary

#7DCEBE

accent

#E7C641

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#170909

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42B49

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

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