#C42B4F#C42B4F

#C42B4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.188 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42B4F
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 79)
HSL	hsl(346, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 59.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 60.72, 17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 63.19, 16.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% 0.1829 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.188 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0427, 14.0317, 8.7854)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42B4F #2BC4A0

analogous

#C42B9C #C42B4F #C4532B

triadic

#C42B4F #4FC42B #2B4FC4

tetradic

#C42B4F #9CC42B #2BC4A0 #532BC4

square

#C42B4F #9CC42B #2BC4A0 #532BC4

split-complementary

#C42B4F #2BC453 #2B9CC4

monochromatic

#601527 #92203B #C42B4F #D95373 #E4859C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#C42B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#C42B4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42B4F

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42B4F	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56554F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.188 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7380',
    500: '#c42b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42b4f;
$custom-light: #dd7380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54354,
    "c": 0.1879,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42B4F

secondary

#7DCEBB

accent

#E7C041

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42B4F

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

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