#C42E56#C42E56

#C42E56 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.186 H 10.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42E56
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 86)
HSL	hsl(344, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(344, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 60.30, 13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 61.86, 12.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% 0.1827 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.186 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4241, 14.3653, 10.2363)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42E56 #2EC49C

analogous

#C42EA1 #C42E56 #C4512E

triadic

#C42E56 #56C42E #2E56C4

tetradic

#C42E56 #A1C42E #2EC49C #512EC4

square

#C42E56 #A1C42E #2EC49C #512EC4

split-complementary

#C42E56 #2EC451 #2EA1C4

monochromatic

#61172B #922240 #C42E56 #D8587A #E389A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#C42E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#C42E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42E56

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42E56	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.186 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7485',
    500: '#c42e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42e56;
$custom-light: #dd7485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54754,
    "c": 0.18593,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42E56

secondary

#81CDB9

accent

#E5BA43

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#16090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42E56

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

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