#C42B4E#C42B4E

#C42B4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.188 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42B4E
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 78)
HSL	hsl(346, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.26, 60.66, 18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.26, 63.30, 16.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1825 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.188 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0066, 14.0173, 8.5951)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42B4E #2BC4A1

analogous

#C42B9A #C42B4E #C4552B

triadic

#C42B4E #4EC42B #2B4EC4

tetradic

#C42B4E #9AC42B #2BC4A1 #552BC4

square

#C42B4E #9AC42B #2BC4A1 #552BC4

split-complementary

#C42B4E #2BC455 #2B9AC4

monochromatic

#601526 #92203A #C42B4E #D95372 #E4859B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#C42B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#C42B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42B4E

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42B4E	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56554E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.188 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd737f',
    500: '#c42b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42b4e;
$custom-light: #dd737f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.275,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54332,
    "c": 0.18783,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42B4E

secondary

#7DCEBB

accent

#E7C141

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42B4E

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

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