#C43546#C43546

#C43546 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.179 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43546
RGB	rgb(196, 53, 70)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.26, 56.93, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.26, 61.91, 23.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% 0.169 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.179 19)
XYZ	xyz(25.1462, 14.7279, 7.3118)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43546 #35C4B3

analogous

#C4358E #C43546 #C46C35

triadic

#C43546 #46C435 #3546C4

tetradic

#C43546 #8EC435 #35C4B3 #6C35C4

square

#C43546 #8EC435 #35C4B3 #6C35C4

split-complementary

#C43546 #35C46C #358EC4

monochromatic

#641B24 #942835 #C43546 #D4626F #E1929B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#C43546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#C43546 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43546

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43546	1.00	5.32	3.94	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 53, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.179 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7779',
    500: '#c43546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43546;
$custom-light: #dd7779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.867,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55025,
    "c": 0.17873,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.14724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43546

secondary

#88CCC4

accent

#E1CE47

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43546

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

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