#C42E4E#C42E4E

#C42E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.185 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42E4E
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 78)
HSL	hsl(347, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, 59.75, 18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 62.56, 17.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% 0.1796 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.185 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1197, 14.2435, 8.6328)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42E4E #2EC4A4

analogous

#C42E99 #C42E4E #C4592E

triadic

#C42E4E #4EC42E #2E4EC4

tetradic

#C42E4E #99C42E #2EC4A4 #592EC4

square

#C42E4E #99C42E #2EC4A4 #592EC4

split-complementary

#C42E4E #2EC459 #2E99C4

monochromatic

#611727 #92223A #C42E4E #D85873 #E3899C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#C42E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#C42E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42E4E

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42E4E	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58564E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.185 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd747f',
    500: '#c42e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42e4e;
$custom-light: #dd747f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.2,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54571,
    "c": 0.18523,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42E4E

secondary

#81CDBD

accent

#E5C243

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42E4E

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

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