#C42D52#C42D52

#C42D52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.186 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42D52
RGB	rgb(196, 45, 82)
HSL	hsl(345, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, 60.32, 16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 62.41, 14.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.58% 0.1821 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(54.58% 0.186 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2289, 14.2254, 9.3983)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42D52 #2DC49F

analogous

#C42D9E #C42D52 #C4532D

triadic

#C42D52 #52C42D #2D52C4

tetradic

#C42D52 #9EC42D #2DC49F #532DC4

square

#C42D52 #9EC42D #2DC49F #532DC4

split-complementary

#C42D52 #2DC453 #2D9EC4

monochromatic

#601628 #92223D #C42D52 #D85676 #E4889E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#C42D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#C42D52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42D52

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42D52	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 45, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.186 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7482',
    500: '#c42d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42d52;
$custom-light: #dd7482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.298,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54579,
    "c": 0.18641,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42D52

secondary

#80CDBA

accent

#E6BE42

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42D52

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

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