#C42C52#C42C52

#C42C52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.187 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42C52
RGB	rgb(196, 44, 82)
HSL	hsl(345, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 60.62, 15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 62.67, 14.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.1831 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.187 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1911, 14.1500, 9.3858)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42C52 #2CC49E

analogous

#C42C9E #C42C52 #C4522C

triadic

#C42C52 #52C42C #2C52C4

tetradic

#C42C52 #9EC42C #2CC49E #522CC4

square

#C42C52 #9EC42C #2CC49E #522CC4

split-complementary

#C42C52 #2CC452 #2C9EC4

monochromatic

#601628 #92213D #C42C52 #D95476 #E4869E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#C42C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#C42C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42C52

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42C52	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 44, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.187 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7482',
    500: '#c42c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42c52;
$custom-light: #dd7482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.545,
    "c": 0.18729,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42C52

secondary

#7ECDBA

accent

#E6BD41

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42C52

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

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