#C42D56#C42D56

#C42D56 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.187 H 10.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42D56
RGB	rgb(196, 45, 86)
HSL	hsl(344, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(344, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 60.60, 13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 62.12, 12.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% 0.1837 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.187 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3855, 14.2881, 10.2235)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42D56 #2DC49B

analogous

#C42DA1 #C42D56 #C4502D

triadic

#C42D56 #56C42D #2D56C4

tetradic

#C42D56 #A1C42D #2DC49B #502DC4

square

#C42D56 #A1C42D #2DC49B #502DC4

split-complementary

#C42D56 #2DC450 #2DA1C4

monochromatic

#60162A #922240 #C42D56 #D85679 #E488A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#C42D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C42D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42D56

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42D56	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 45, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.187 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7485',
    500: '#c42d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42d56;
$custom-light: #dd7485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.709,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54673,
    "c": 0.18684,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42D56

secondary

#80CDB8

accent

#E6B942

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEDEF

border

#D5C8CA

text

#16090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42D56

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

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