#C42C31#C42C31

#C42C31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.188 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42C31
RGB	rgb(196, 44, 49)
HSL	hsl(358, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 75%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, 58.86, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 68.59, 30.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.91% 0.1707 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(53.91% 0.188 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2229, 13.7627, 4.2862)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42C31 #2CC4BF

analogous

#C42C7D #C42C31 #C4732C

triadic

#C42C31 #31C42C #2C31C4

tetradic

#C42C31 #7DC42C #2CC4BF #732CC4

square

#C42C31 #7DC42C #2CC4BF #732CC4

split-complementary

#C42C31 #2CC473 #2C7DC4

monochromatic

#601618 #922125 #C42C31 #D95459 #E4868A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#C42C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#C42C31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42C31

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42C31	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B532F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 44, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.188 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7369',
    500: '#c42c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42c31;
$custom-light: #df7369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.026,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53908,
    "c": 0.18796,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42C31

secondary

#7ECDCB

accent

#E6E141

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42C31

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

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