#C7424E#C7424E

#C7424E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.168 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7424E
RGB	rgb(199, 66, 78)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 53.44, 22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 58.10, 23.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.159 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.168 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8792, 16.5923, 8.9935)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7424E #42C7BB

analogous

#C74291 #C7424E #C77842

triadic

#C7424E #4EC742 #424EC7

tetradic

#C7424E #91C742 #42C7BB #7842C7

square

#C7424E #91C742 #42C7BB #7842C7

split-complementary

#C7424E #42C778 #4291C7

monochromatic

#6E2128 #9D2F39 #C7424E #D5717A #E3A0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C7424E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C7424E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C7424E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7424E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C7424E	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64604E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7424e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 66, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.168 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7e7f',
    500: '#c7424e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7424e;
$custom-light: #df7e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7424e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.586,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57022,
    "c": 0.16836,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7424E

secondary

#95D0CA

accent

#DED04A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7424E

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

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