#C42D30#C42D30

#C42D30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.187 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C42D30
RGBrgb(196, 45, 48)
HSLhsl(359, 63%, 47%)
HSVhsv(359, 77%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(43.99, 58.51, 35.91)
CIE-LCHlch(43.99, 68.65, 31.54°)
OKLaboklab(53.98% 0.1693 0.08)
OKLCHoklch(53.98% 0.187 25.3)
XYZxyz(24.2397, 13.8298, 4.1888)
Luminance0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C42D30 #2DC4C1
analogous
#C42D7C #C42D30 #C4762D
triadic
#C42D30 #30C42D #2D30C4
tetradic
#C42D30 #7CC42D #2DC4C1 #762DC4
square
#C42D30 #7CC42D #2DC4C1 #762DC4
split-complementary
#C42D30 #2DC476 #2D7CC4
monochromatic
#601618 #922224 #C42D30 #D85659 #E4888A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58
#C42D30 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77
#C42D30 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42D30
5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C42D30#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C42D301.005.583.775.58
#FFFFFF5.581.0021.001.00
#0000003.7721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.581.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5B532E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#81742A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D80030
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c42d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 45, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.187 25.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7369',
    500: '#c42d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c42d30;
$custom-light: #df7369;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c42d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.808,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53976,
    "c": 0.18729,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C42D30
secondary
#80CDCC
accent
#E6E242
background
#FFF7F6
surface
#FEEDEB
border
#D6C8C6
text
#170906
muted
#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42D30

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#C42D30 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva