#C43551#C43551

#C43551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.179 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43551
RGB	rgb(196, 53, 81)
HSL	hsl(348, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 57.64, 17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 60.34, 17.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.1733 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.179 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5258, 14.8797, 9.3110)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43551 #35C4A8

analogous

#C43599 #C43551 #C46135

triadic

#C43551 #51C435 #3551C4

tetradic

#C43551 #99C435 #35C4A8 #6135C4

square

#C43551 #99C435 #35C4A8 #6135C4

split-complementary

#C43551 #35C461 #3599C4

monochromatic

#641B29 #94283D #C43551 #D46278 #E192A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#C43551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#C43551 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43551

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43551	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80764D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 53, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.179 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7781',
    500: '#c43551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43551;
$custom-light: #dd7781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.252,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55249,
    "c": 0.17883,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43551

secondary

#88CCBF

accent

#E1C347

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43551

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

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