#C42F29#C42F29

#C42F29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.187 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42F29
RGB	rgb(196, 47, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, 57.63, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 70.16, 34.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.1651 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.187 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1846, 13.9327, 3.5133)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42F29 #29BEC4

analogous

#C42970 #C42F29 #C47D29

triadic

#C42F29 #29C42F #2F29C4

tetradic

#C42F29 #70C429 #29BEC4 #7D29C4

square

#C42F29 #70C429 #29BEC4 #7D29C4

split-complementary

#C42F29 #29C47D #2970C4

monochromatic

#5F1714 #91231E #C42F29 #DA5550 #E58682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#C42F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#C42F29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42F29

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42F29	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 47, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.187 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7464',
    500: '#c42f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42f29;
$custom-light: #df7464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.323,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54062,
    "c": 0.1866,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42F29

secondary

#7BCBCE

accent

#E2E83F

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42F29

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

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