#C43842#C43842

#C43842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.176 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43842
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, 55.63, 27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 61.90, 26.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.164 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.176 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1652, 14.9612, 6.7159)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43842 #38C4BA

analogous

#C43888 #C43842 #C47438

triadic

#C43842 #42C438 #3842C4

tetradic

#C43842 #88C438 #38C4BA #7438C4

square

#C43842 #88C438 #38C4BA #7438C4

split-complementary

#C43842 #38C474 #3888C4

monochromatic

#651D22 #942A32 #C43842 #D3666E #E1969B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#C43842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#C43842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43842

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43842	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82773E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7053D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.176 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7876',
    500: '#c43842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43842;
$custom-light: #de7876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55243,
    "c": 0.1761,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43842

secondary

#8CCCC8

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43842

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

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