#C42B50#C42B50

#C42B50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.188 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42B50
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 80)
HSL	hsl(345, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 60.79, 16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 63.10, 15.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.1833 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.188 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0793, 14.0464, 8.9785)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42B50 #2BC49F

analogous

#C42B9D #C42B50 #C4522B

triadic

#C42B50 #50C42B #2B50C4

tetradic

#C42B50 #9DC42B #2BC49F #522BC4

square

#C42B50 #9DC42B #2BC49F #522BC4

split-complementary

#C42B50 #2BC452 #2B9DC4

monochromatic

#601527 #92203C #C42B50 #D95373 #E4859C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#C42B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#C42B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42B50

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42B50	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.188 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7380',
    500: '#c42b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42b50;
$custom-light: #dd7380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.49,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54377,
    "c": 0.18797,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42B50

secondary

#7DCEBA

accent

#E7BF41

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42B50

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

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