#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
RGB	rgb(196, 45, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 75.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 58.51, 35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 68.65, 31.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1693 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.187 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2397, 13.8298, 4.1888)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##C42D30	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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