#C43252#C43252

#C43252 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.182 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43252
RGB	rgb(196, 50, 82)
HSL	hsl(347, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.12, 58.73, 16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.12, 61.08, 15.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.177 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.182 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4311, 14.6298, 9.4657)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43252 #32C4A4

analogous

#C4329B #C43252 #C45B32

triadic

#C43252 #52C432 #3252C4

tetradic

#C43252 #9BC432 #32C4A4 #5B32C4

square

#C43252 #9BC432 #32C4A4 #5B32C4

split-complementary

#C43252 #32C45B #329BC4

monochromatic

#621929 #93263E #C43252 #D65D78 #E28EA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#C43252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C43252 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43252

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43252	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F764E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 50, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.182 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7682',
    500: '#c43252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43252;
$custom-light: #dd7682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.849,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54999,
    "c": 0.18181,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43252

secondary

#85CDBD

accent

#E3C045

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43252

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

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