#C43549#C43549

#C43549 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.179 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43549
RGB	rgb(196, 53, 73)
HSL	hsl(352, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.31, 57.12, 22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.31, 61.41, 21.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% 0.1702 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.179 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2433, 14.7667, 7.8231)
Luminance	0.1476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43549 #35C4B0

analogous

#C43591 #C43549 #C46835

triadic

#C43549 #49C435 #3549C4

tetradic

#C43549 #91C435 #35C4B0 #6835C4

square

#C43549 #91C435 #35C4B0 #6835C4

split-complementary

#C43549 #35C468 #3591C4

monochromatic

#641B25 #942837 #C43549 #D46272 #E1929D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#C43549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#C43549 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43549

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43549	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 53, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.179 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd777b',
    500: '#c43549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43549;
$custom-light: #dd777b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.608,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55083,
    "c": 0.17867,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43549

secondary

#88CCC3

accent

#E1CB47

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43549

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

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