#C43635#C43635

#C43635 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.179 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43635
RGB	rgb(196, 54, 53)
HSL	hsl(0, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 55.71, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 65.42, 31.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.1616 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.179 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7295, 14.6349, 4.8902)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43635 #35C3C4

analogous

#C4357C #C43635 #C47E35

triadic

#C43635 #35C436 #3635C4

tetradic

#C43635 #7CC435 #35C3C4 #7E35C4

square

#C43635 #7CC435 #35C3C4 #7E35C4

split-complementary

#C43635 #35C47E #357CC4

monochromatic

#641B1B #942928 #C43635 #D46362 #E19292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#C43635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C43635 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43635

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43635	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)

#5F5733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 54, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.179 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de776c',
    500: '#c43635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43635;
$custom-light: #de776c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.42,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54847,
    "c": 0.17926,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43635

secondary

#88CCCC

accent

#E0E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43635

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

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