#C42E50#C42E50

#C42E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.185 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42E50
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 80)
HSL	hsl(346, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 59.88, 17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 62.34, 16.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.1804 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.185 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1925, 14.2726, 9.0162)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42E50 #2EC4A2

analogous

#C42E9B #C42E50 #C4572E

triadic

#C42E50 #50C42E #2E50C4

tetradic

#C42E50 #9BC42E #2EC4A2 #572EC4

square

#C42E50 #9BC42E #2EC4A2 #572EC4

split-complementary

#C42E50 #2EC457 #2E9BC4

monochromatic

#611728 #92223C #C42E50 #D85875 #E3899E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#C42E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#C42E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42E50

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42E50	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)

#575650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.185 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7480',
    500: '#c42e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42e50;
$custom-light: #dd7480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.4,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54615,
    "c": 0.18536,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42E50

secondary

#81CDBC

accent

#E5C043

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42E50

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

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