#C42E4F#C42E4F

#C42E4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.185 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42E4F
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 79)
HSL	hsl(347, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 59.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 59.81, 17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 62.45, 16.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% 0.18 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.185 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1558, 14.2580, 8.8231)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42E4F #2EC4A3

analogous

#C42E9A #C42E4F #C4582E

triadic

#C42E4F #4FC42E #2E4FC4

tetradic

#C42E4F #9AC42E #2EC4A3 #582EC4

square

#C42E4F #9AC42E #2EC4A3 #582EC4

split-complementary

#C42E4F #2EC458 #2E9AC4

monochromatic

#611727 #92223B #C42E4F #D85874 #E3899D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#C42E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#C42E4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42E4F

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42E4F	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)

#58564F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.185 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7480',
    500: '#c42e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42e4f;
$custom-light: #dd7480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.8,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54592,
    "c": 0.18529,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42E4F

secondary

#81CDBC

accent

#E5C143

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42E4F

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

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