#C3543B#C3543B

#C3543B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.148 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3543B
RGB	rgb(195, 84, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 42.84, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 56.11, 40.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.1226 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.148 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4680, 18.2620, 6.2680)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3543B #3BAAC3

analogous

#C33B66 #C3543B #C3983B

triadic

#C3543B #3BC354 #543BC3

tetradic

#C3543B #66C33B #3BAAC3 #983BC3

square

#C3543B #66C33B #3BAAC3 #983BC3

split-complementary

#C3543B #3BC398 #3B66C3

monochromatic

#652C1F #94402D #C3543B #D27D69 #E0A698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C3543B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C3543B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3543B

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3543B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3543B	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3543b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 84, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.148 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8772',
    500: '#c3543b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3543b;
$custom-light: #dc8772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3543b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.029,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58358,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3543B

secondary

#8EC0CC

accent

#C2DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3543B

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

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