#C42D29#C42D29

#C42D29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.188 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42D29
RGB	rgb(196, 45, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 58.26, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 70.55, 34.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.1671 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.188 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1065, 13.7765, 3.4872)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42D29 #29C0C4

analogous

#C42973 #C42D29 #C47B29

triadic

#C42D29 #29C42D #2D29C4

tetradic

#C42D29 #73C429 #29C0C4 #7B29C4

square

#C42D29 #73C429 #29C0C4 #7B29C4

split-complementary

#C42D29 #29C47B #2973C4

monochromatic

#5F1614 #91211E #C42D29 #DA5350 #E58582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#C42D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#C42D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42D29

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42D29	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 45, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.188 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7364',
    500: '#c42d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42d29;
$custom-light: #df7364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.548,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53894,
    "c": 0.18813,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42D29

secondary

#7BCCCE

accent

#E4E83F

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42D29

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

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