#C42B4D#C42B4D

#C42B4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.188 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42B4D
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 77)
HSL	hsl(347, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 60.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 60.59, 18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 63.41, 17.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1821 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.188 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9710, 14.0031, 8.4077)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42B4D #2BC4A2

analogous

#C42B9A #C42B4D #C4562B

triadic

#C42B4D #4DC42B #2B4DC4

tetradic

#C42B4D #9AC42B #2BC4A2 #562BC4

square

#C42B4D #9AC42B #2BC4A2 #562BC4

split-complementary

#C42B4D #2BC456 #2B9AC4

monochromatic

#601526 #922039 #C42B4D #D95371 #E4859A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#C42B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#C42B4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42B4D

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42B4D	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57544D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.188 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd737e',
    500: '#c42b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42b4d;
$custom-light: #dd737e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54311,
    "c": 0.18776,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42B4D

secondary

#7DCEBC

accent

#E7C241

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42B4D

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

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