#C42F53#C42F53

#C42F53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.185 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42F53
RGB	rgb(196, 47, 83)
HSL	hsl(346, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(346, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 57.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 59.77, 15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 61.81, 14.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% 0.1805 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.185 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3453, 14.3970, 9.6262)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42F53 #2FC4A0

analogous

#C42F9E #C42F53 #C4552F

triadic

#C42F53 #53C42F #2F53C4

tetradic

#C42F53 #9EC42F #2FC4A0 #552FC4

square

#C42F53 #9EC42F #2FC4A0 #552FC4

split-complementary

#C42F53 #2FC455 #2F9EC4

monochromatic

#611729 #93233E #C42F53 #D75977 #E38AA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#C42F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C42F53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42F53

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42F53	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6003E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 47, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.185 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7583',
    500: '#c42f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42f53;
$custom-light: #dd7583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.503,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54765,
    "c": 0.1847,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42F53

secondary

#82CDBB

accent

#E4BE43

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42F53

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

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