#C42E52#C42E52

#C42E52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.186 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42E52
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 82)
HSL	hsl(346, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 60.02, 16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 62.15, 15.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% 0.1811 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.186 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2675, 14.3026, 9.4112)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42E52 #2EC4A0

analogous

#C42E9D #C42E52 #C4552E

triadic

#C42E52 #52C42E #2E52C4

tetradic

#C42E52 #9DC42E #2EC4A0 #552EC4

square

#C42E52 #9DC42E #2EC4A0 #552EC4

split-complementary

#C42E52 #2EC455 #2E9DC4

monochromatic

#611729 #92223D #C42E52 #D85876 #E3899F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#C42E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C42E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42E52

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42E52	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)

#575652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.186 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7482',
    500: '#c42e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42e52;
$custom-light: #dd7482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5466,
    "c": 0.18552,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42E52

secondary

#81CDBB

accent

#E5BE43

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42E52

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

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