#C42C50#C42C50

#C42C50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.187 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42C50
RGB	rgb(196, 44, 80)
HSL	hsl(346, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 60.49, 17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 62.85, 15.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% 0.1823 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.187 13)
XYZ	xyz(25.1162, 14.1200, 8.9908)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42C50 #2CC4A0

analogous

#C42C9C #C42C50 #C4542C

triadic

#C42C50 #50C42C #2C50C4

tetradic

#C42C50 #9CC42C #2CC4A0 #542CC4

square

#C42C50 #9CC42C #2CC4A0 #542CC4

split-complementary

#C42C50 #2CC454 #2C9CC4

monochromatic

#601627 #92213C #C42C50 #D95474 #E4869D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#C42C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#C42C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42C50

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42C50	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	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: #c42c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 44, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.187 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7480',
    500: '#c42c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42c50;
$custom-light: #dd7480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.789,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54454,
    "c": 0.18711,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.14116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42C50

secondary

#7ECDBB

accent

#E6BF41

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42C50

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

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