#C42E55#C42E55

#C42E55 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.186 H 11.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42E55
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 85)
HSL	hsl(344, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(344, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.73, 60.23, 14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.73, 61.92, 13.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.1823 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.186 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3841, 14.3493, 10.0256)
Luminance	0.1435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42E55 #2EC49D

analogous

#C42EA0 #C42E55 #C4522E

triadic

#C42E55 #55C42E #2E55C4

tetradic

#C42E55 #A0C42E #2EC49D #522EC4

square

#C42E55 #A0C42E #2EC49D #522EC4

split-complementary

#C42E55 #2EC452 #2EA0C4

monochromatic

#61172A #922240 #C42E55 #D85879 #E389A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#C42E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#C42E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42E55

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42E55	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.186 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7484',
    500: '#c42e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42e55;
$custom-light: #dd7484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.4,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5473,
    "c": 0.18581,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42E55

secondary

#81CDB9

accent

#E5BB43

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42E55

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

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