#C42F50#C42F50

#C42F50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.184 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42F50
RGB	rgb(196, 47, 80)
HSL	hsl(347, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.73, 59.57, 17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.73, 62.08, 16.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.1793 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.184 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2320, 14.3517, 9.0294)
Luminance	0.1435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42F50 #2FC4A3

analogous

#C42F9B #C42F50 #C4582F

triadic

#C42F50 #50C42F #2F50C4

tetradic

#C42F50 #9BC42F #2FC4A3 #582FC4

square

#C42F50 #9BC42F #2FC4A3 #582FC4

split-complementary

#C42F50 #2FC458 #2F9BC4

monochromatic

#611728 #93233C #C42F50 #D75975 #E38A9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#C42F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#C42F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42F50

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42F50	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)

#585650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 47, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.184 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7580',
    500: '#c42f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42f50;
$custom-light: #dd7580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.711,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54697,
    "c": 0.18446,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42F50

secondary

#82CDBC

accent

#E4C143

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42F50

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

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