#C42F57#C42F57

#C42F57 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.185 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C42F57
RGB	rgb(196, 47, 87)
HSL	hsl(344, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(344, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 60.06, 13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 61.53, 12.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% 0.1821 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.185 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5042, 14.4606, 10.4632)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C42F57 #2FC49C

analogous

#C42FA1 #C42F57 #C4522F

triadic

#C42F57 #57C42F #2F57C4

tetradic

#C42F57 #A1C42F #2FC49C #522FC4

square

#C42F57 #A1C42F #2FC49C #522FC4

split-complementary

#C42F57 #2FC452 #2FA1C4

monochromatic

#61172B #932341 #C42F57 #D7597B #E38AA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#C42F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#C42F57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C42F57

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C42F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C42F57	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c42f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 47, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.185 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7586',
    500: '#c42f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c42f57;
$custom-light: #dd7586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c42f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.893,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5486,
    "c": 0.18514,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C42F57

secondary

#82CDB9

accent

#E4B943

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#16090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C42F57

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

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