#C42D4F#C42D4F

#C42D4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.186 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42D4F
RGB	rgb(196, 45, 79)
HSL	hsl(346, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 59.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 60.12, 17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 62.70, 16.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.181 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.186 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1172, 14.1808, 8.8102)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42D4F #2DC4A2

analogous

#C42D9B #C42D4F #C4562D

triadic

#C42D4F #4FC42D #2D4FC4

tetradic

#C42D4F #9BC42D #2DC4A2 #562DC4

square

#C42D4F #9BC42D #2DC4A2 #562DC4

split-complementary

#C42D4F #2DC456 #2D9BC4

monochromatic

#601627 #92223B #C42D4F #D85673 #E4889C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#C42D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#C42D4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42D4F

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42D4F	1.00	5.48	3.84	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57554F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E744B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 45, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.186 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7480',
    500: '#c42d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42d4f;
$custom-light: #dd7480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.49,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54511,
    "c": 0.18618,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42D4F

secondary

#80CDBC

accent

#E6C142

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42D4F

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

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