Hex #C42542 color

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Title in color #C42542 on selected background color

Dummy text written in hex #C42542 color on a background color. Text in color #C42542 on the desired background color will look just like this. You just see the hex #C42542 colored text written on a hex #FFFFFF color backgroud... Or you can't see, if you selected the wrong combination of colors :). The background color should be selected so that the intended #C42542 text color is well visible on it. Alternatively, you can choose text color different than #C42542 to achieve better text readability. It can be rounded to the 3 character hex code #C24. The RGB values of the #C42542 hex color are R: 196, G: 37, B: 66. In percentage it is Red: 76.9%, Green: 14.5%, Blue: 25.9%. The CMYK values of the #C42542 hex color are C: 0, M: 0.811, Y: 0.663, K: 0.231. The nearest web safe color is #CC3333. Test of bold text in selected color. Test of italic text in the color. Finally the test of bold italic.


Border of hex #C42542 color and background color:

 
 
 

RGB values of hex #C42542 color:

RGB (Red, Green, Blue) additive color model representation (display)
Red: 196
76.9%
Green: 37
14.5%
Blue: 66
25.9%
 

CMYK values of hex #C42542 color:

CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) subtractive color model representation (printer)
Cyan: 0
0%
Magenta: 0.811
81.1%
Yellow: 0.663
66.3%
Black: 0.231
23.1%

Gradient from #C42542 to background:

                 

Shades of #C42542

                 

Tints of #C42542

                 

Saturation scale - tones of #C42542

                 

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Monochrome:

Web safe:
  #3BDABD   #575757   #CC3333

Color combining guide:

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Complementary colors for #C42542

  #C42542   #25C4A7

Triadic colors for #C42542

  #42C425   #C42542   #2542C4

Analogous colors for #C42542

  #C4258C   #C42542   #C45C25

Split complementary colors for #C42542

  #25C45C   #C42542   #258CC4

Tetradic (rectangle) colors I. for #C42542

  #C4A725   #C42542   #2542C4   #25C4A7

Tetradic (rectangle) colors II. for #C42542

  #A725C4   #C42542   #42C425   #25C4A7

Square colors for #C42542

  #8CC425   #C42542   #5C25C4   #25C4A7

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