#C42F4F#C42F4F

#C42F4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.184 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42F4F
RGB	rgb(196, 47, 79)
HSL	hsl(347, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 59.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.71, 59.50, 18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.71, 62.19, 16.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.179 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.184 14)
XYZ	xyz(25.1953, 14.3370, 8.8363)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42F4F #2FC4A4

analogous

#C42F9A #C42F4F #C4592F

triadic

#C42F4F #4FC42F #2F4FC4

tetradic

#C42F4F #9AC42F #2FC4A4 #592FC4

square

#C42F4F #9AC42F #2FC4A4 #592FC4

split-complementary

#C42F4F #2FC459 #2F9AC4

monochromatic

#611727 #93233B #C42F4F #D75974 #E38A9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#C42F4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#C42F4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42F4F

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42F4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42F4F	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)

#58564F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42f4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 47, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.184 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7580',
    500: '#c42f4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42f4f;
$custom-light: #dd7580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42f4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.114,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54675,
    "c": 0.1844,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.14333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42F4F

secondary

#82CDBD

accent

#E4C243

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42F4F

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

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