#C4323E#C4323E

#C4323E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.182 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4323E
RGB	rgb(196, 50, 62)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 57.52, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 64.21, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% 0.1692 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.182 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7778, 14.3685, 6.0252)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4323E #32C4B8

analogous

#C43287 #C4323E #C46F32

triadic

#C4323E #3EC432 #323EC4

tetradic

#C4323E #87C432 #32C4B8 #6F32C4

square

#C4323E #87C432 #32C4B8 #6F32C4

split-complementary

#C4323E #32C46F #3287C4

monochromatic

#62191F #93262F #C4323E #D65D67 #E28E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#C4323E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#C4323E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4323E

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4323E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4323E	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D70038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4323e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 50, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.182 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7673',
    500: '#c4323e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4323e;
$custom-light: #de7673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4323e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.068,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54609,
    "c": 0.18188,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4323E

secondary

#85CDC7

accent

#E3D645

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4323E

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

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