#C42D35#C42D35

#C42D35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.187 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C42D35
RGBrgb(196, 45, 53)
HSLhsl(357, 63%, 47%)
HSVhsv(357, 77%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(44.05, 58.71, 33.06)
CIE-LCHlch(44.05, 67.38, 29.39°)
OKLaboklab(54.04% 0.1711 0.075)
OKLCHoklch(54.04% 0.187 23.7)
XYZxyz(24.3488, 13.8734, 4.7632)
Luminance0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C42D35 #2DC4BC
analogous
#C42D81 #C42D35 #C4702D
triadic
#C42D35 #35C42D #2D35C4
tetradic
#C42D35 #81C42D #2DC4BC #702DC4
square
#C42D35 #81C42D #2DC4BC #702DC4
split-complementary
#C42D35 #2DC470 #2D81C4
monochromatic
#60161A #922228 #C42D35 #D8565D #E4888D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56
#C42D35 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77
#C42D35 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42D35
5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C42D35#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C42D351.005.563.775.56
#FFFFFF5.561.0021.001.00
#0000003.7721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.561.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5B5334
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#807430
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D80032
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c42d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 45, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.187 23.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df736c',
    500: '#c42d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c42d35;
$custom-light: #df736c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c42d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.821,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54043,
    "c": 0.18678,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C42D35
secondary
#80CDC9
accent
#E6DD42
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FDEDEB
border
#D5C8C6
text
#170907
muted
#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42D35

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#C42D35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva