#C42F55#C42F55

#C42F55 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.185 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42F55
RGB	rgb(196, 47, 85)
HSL	hsl(345, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(345, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 59.91, 14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 61.65, 13.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1813 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.185 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4236, 14.4283, 10.0388)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42F55 #2FC49E

analogous

#C42F9F #C42F55 #C4532F

triadic

#C42F55 #55C42F #2F55C4

tetradic

#C42F55 #9FC42F #2FC49E #532FC4

square

#C42F55 #9FC42F #2FC49E #532FC4

split-complementary

#C42F55 #2FC453 #2F9FC4

monochromatic

#61172A #932340 #C42F55 #D75979 #E38AA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#C42F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C42F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42F55

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42F55	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)

#575756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 47, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.185 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7584',
    500: '#c42f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42f55;
$custom-light: #dd7584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.698,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54812,
    "c": 0.1849,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42F55

secondary

#82CDBA

accent

#E4BB43

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42F55

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

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