#C42B4A#C42B4A

#C42B4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.188 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42B4A
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 74)
HSL	hsl(348, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 62.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 60.40, 20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 63.78, 18.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1809 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.188 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8675, 13.9617, 7.8627)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42B4A #2BC4A5

analogous

#C42B97 #C42B4A #C4592B

triadic

#C42B4A #4AC42B #2B4AC4

tetradic

#C42B4A #97C42B #2BC4A5 #592BC4

square

#C42B4A #97C42B #2BC4A5 #592BC4

split-complementary

#C42B4A #2BC459 #2B97C4

monochromatic

#601524 #922037 #C42B4A #D9536E #E48598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#C42B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#C42B4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42B4A

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42B4A	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)

#57544A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D70038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.188 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de737c',
    500: '#c42b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42b4a;
$custom-light: #de737c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.843,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54247,
    "c": 0.18763,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42B4A

secondary

#7DCEBD

accent

#E7C541

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#170909

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42B4A

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

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