#C42D55#C42D55

#C42D55 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.187 H 11.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42D55
RGB	rgb(196, 45, 85)
HSL	hsl(344, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(344, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 60.53, 14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 62.19, 13.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% 0.1833 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.187 11)
XYZ	xyz(25.3455, 14.2721, 10.0128)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42D55 #2DC49C

analogous

#C42DA1 #C42D55 #C4512D

triadic

#C42D55 #55C42D #2D55C4

tetradic

#C42D55 #A1C42D #2DC49C #512DC4

square

#C42D55 #A1C42D #2DC49C #512DC4

split-complementary

#C42D55 #2DC451 #2DA1C4

monochromatic

#60162A #92223F #C42D55 #D85678 #E488A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#C42D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#C42D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42D55

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42D55	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6003E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 45, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.187 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7484',
    500: '#c42d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42d55;
$custom-light: #dd7484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.106,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54649,
    "c": 0.18672,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.14268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42D55

secondary

#80CDB9

accent

#E6BA42

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEDEF

border

#D5C8CA

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42D55

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

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