#C43536#C43536

#C43536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.180 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43536
RGB	rgb(196, 53, 54)
HSL	hsl(360, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(360, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 56.11, 33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 65.39, 30.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% 0.163 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.18 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7067, 14.5521, 4.9972)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43536 #35C4C3

analogous

#C4357E #C43536 #C47C35

triadic

#C43536 #36C435 #3536C4

tetradic

#C43536 #7EC435 #35C4C3 #7C35C4

square

#C43536 #7EC435 #35C4C3 #7C35C4

split-complementary

#C43536 #35C47C #357EC4

monochromatic

#641B1B #942829 #C43536 #D46263 #E19292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#C43536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#C43536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43536

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43536	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 53, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.180 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de776d',
    500: '#c43536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43536;
$custom-light: #de776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.58,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54765,
    "c": 0.18002,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43536

secondary

#88CCCC

accent

#E1E047

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43536

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

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