#C42D4E#C42D4E

#C42D4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.186 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42D4E
RGB	rgb(196, 45, 78)
HSL	hsl(347, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, 60.06, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 62.81, 17.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.1806 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.186 14)
XYZ	xyz(25.0811, 14.1663, 8.6200)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42D4E #2DC4A3

analogous

#C42D9A #C42D4E #C4572D

triadic

#C42D4E #4EC42D #2D4EC4

tetradic

#C42D4E #9AC42D #2DC4A3 #572DC4

square

#C42D4E #9AC42D #2DC4A3 #572DC4

split-complementary

#C42D4E #2DC457 #2D9AC4

monochromatic

#601626 #92223A #C42D4E #D85672 #E4889C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#C42D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#C42D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42D4E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42D4E	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)

#57554E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E744A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 45, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.186 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd747f',
    500: '#c42d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42d4e;
$custom-light: #dd747f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.887,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5449,
    "c": 0.18611,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.14163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42D4E

secondary

#80CDBC

accent

#E6C242

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42D4E

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

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