#C42C4F#C42C4F

#C42C4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.187 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42C4F
RGB	rgb(196, 44, 79)
HSL	hsl(346, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 59.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.38, 60.42, 17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.38, 62.95, 16.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.1819 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.187 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0795, 14.1053, 8.7976)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42C4F #2CC4A1

analogous

#C42C9B #C42C4F #C4552C

triadic

#C42C4F #4FC42C #2C4FC4

tetradic

#C42C4F #9BC42C #2CC4A1 #552CC4

square

#C42C4F #9BC42C #2CC4A1 #552CC4

split-complementary

#C42C4F #2CC455 #2C9BC4

monochromatic

#601627 #92213B #C42C4F #D95473 #E4869C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#C42C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#C42C4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42C4F

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42C4F	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)

#57554F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 44, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.187 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7380',
    500: '#c42c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42c4f;
$custom-light: #dd7380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.184,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54432,
    "c": 0.18705,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42C4F

secondary

#7ECDBB

accent

#E6C041

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42C4F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →