#C43645#C43645

#C43645 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.178 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43645
RGB	rgb(196, 54, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 56.52, 25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 61.83, 23.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.1675 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.178 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1609, 14.8075, 7.1623)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43645 #36C4B5

analogous

#C4368C #C43645 #C46E36

triadic

#C43645 #45C436 #3645C4

tetradic

#C43645 #8CC436 #36C4B5 #6E36C4

square

#C43645 #8CC436 #36C4B5 #6E36C4

split-complementary

#C43645 #36C46E #368CC4

monochromatic

#641C23 #942934 #C43645 #D4636F #E1939B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#C43645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#C43645 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43645

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43645	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 54, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.178 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7878',
    500: '#c43645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43645;
$custom-light: #dd7878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.662,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55102,
    "c": 0.17783,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43645

secondary

#89CCC5

accent

#E0D048

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43645

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

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