#C42F4E#C42F4E

#C42F4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.184 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42F4E
RGB	rgb(196, 47, 78)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 59.43, 18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 62.30, 17.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% 0.1786 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.184 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1592, 14.3225, 8.6460)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42F4E #2FC4A5

analogous

#C42F98 #C42F4E #C45B2F

triadic

#C42F4E #4EC42F #2F4EC4

tetradic

#C42F4E #98C42F #2FC4A5 #5B2FC4

square

#C42F4E #98C42F #2FC4A5 #5B2FC4

split-complementary

#C42F4E #2FC45B #2F98C4

monochromatic

#611727 #93233A #C42F4E #D75973 #E38A9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#C42F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C42F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42F4E

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42F4E	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)

#58564E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 47, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.184 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd757f',
    500: '#c42f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42f4e;
$custom-light: #dd757f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.517,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54653,
    "c": 0.18434,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42F4E

secondary

#82CDBD

accent

#E4C343

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42F4E

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

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