#C42C35#C42C35

#C42C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.188 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C42C35
RGBrgb(196, 44, 53)
HSLhsl(356, 63%, 47%)
HSVhsv(356, 78%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77.6%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(43.94, 59.02, 32.94)
CIE-LCHlch(43.94, 67.59, 29.17°)
OKLaboklab(53.96% 0.1721 0.0747)
OKLCHoklch(53.96% 0.188 23.5)
XYZxyz(24.3111, 13.7980, 4.7507)
Luminance0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C42C35 #2CC4BB
analogous
#C42C81 #C42C35 #C46F2C
triadic
#C42C35 #35C42C #2C35C4
tetradic
#C42C35 #81C42C #2CC4BB #6F2CC4
square
#C42C35 #81C42C #2CC4BB #6F2CC4
split-complementary
#C42C35 #2CC46F #2C81C4
monochromatic
#60161A #922127 #C42C35 #D9545C #E4868C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59
#C42C35 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76
#C42C35 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42C35
5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C42C35#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C42C351.005.593.765.59
#FFFFFF5.591.0021.001.00
#0000003.7621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.591.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5A5334
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#807430
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D80031
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c42c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 44, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.188 23.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df736c',
    500: '#c42c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c42c35;
$custom-light: #df736c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c42c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.447,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53962,
    "c": 0.18757,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C42C35
secondary
#7ECDC9
accent
#E6DD41
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FDEDEB
border
#D5C8C6
text
#170907
muted
#857B7A

Preview Lab

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#C42C35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva