#C42E57#C42E57

#C42E57 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.186 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42E57
RGB	rgb(196, 46, 87)
HSL	hsl(344, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(344, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 60.37, 13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 61.80, 12.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.1831 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.186 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4647, 14.3815, 10.4500)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42E57 #2EC49B

analogous

#C42EA2 #C42E57 #C4502E

triadic

#C42E57 #57C42E #2E57C4

tetradic

#C42E57 #A2C42E #2EC49B #502EC4

square

#C42E57 #A2C42E #2EC49B #502EC4

split-complementary

#C42E57 #2EC450 #2EA2C4

monochromatic

#61172B #922241 #C42E57 #D8587B #E389A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#C42E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C42E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42E57

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42E57	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 46, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.186 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7486',
    500: '#c42e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42e57;
$custom-light: #dd7486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54778,
    "c": 0.18606,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42E57

secondary

#81CDB8

accent

#E5B943

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#16090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42E57

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

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