#C43642#C43642

#C43642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.178 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43642
RGB	rgb(196, 54, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 56.35, 26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 62.41, 25.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.1663 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.178 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0702, 14.7712, 6.6842)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43642 #36C4B8

analogous

#C43689 #C43642 #C47136

triadic

#C43642 #42C436 #3642C4

tetradic

#C43642 #89C436 #36C4B8 #7136C4

square

#C43642 #89C436 #36C4B8 #7136C4

split-complementary

#C43642 #36C471 #3689C4

monochromatic

#641C22 #942932 #C43642 #D4636D #E1939A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#C43642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#C43642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43642

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43642	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)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82763E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 54, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.178 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7776',
    500: '#c43642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43642;
$custom-light: #de7776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.93,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55048,
    "c": 0.17799,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43642

secondary

#89CCC7

accent

#E0D348

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43642

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

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