#C42B53#C42B53

#C42B53 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.188 H 11.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42B53
RGB	rgb(196, 43, 83)
HSL	hsl(344, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(344, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 57.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 60.99, 15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 62.84, 13.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% 0.1844 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.188 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1927, 14.0917, 9.5754)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42B53 #2BC49C

analogous

#C42BA0 #C42B53 #C4502B

triadic

#C42B53 #53C42B #2B53C4

tetradic

#C42B53 #A0C42B #2BC49C #502BC4

square

#C42B53 #A0C42B #2BC49C #502BC4

split-complementary

#C42B53 #2BC450 #2BA0C4

monochromatic

#601528 #92203E #C42B53 #D95376 #E4859E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#C42B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#C42B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42B53

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42B53	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 43, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.188 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7383',
    500: '#c42b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42b53;
$custom-light: #dd7383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.314,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54445,
    "c": 0.18825,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42B53

secondary

#7DCEB9

accent

#E7BC41

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42B53

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

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