#C43844#C43844

#C43844 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.176 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43844
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 68)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 55.74, 25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 61.50, 25.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.1648 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.176 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2252, 14.9852, 7.0319)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43844 #38C4B8

analogous

#C4388A #C43844 #C47238

triadic

#C43844 #44C438 #3844C4

tetradic

#C43844 #8AC438 #38C4B8 #7238C4

square

#C43844 #8AC438 #38C4B8 #7238C4

split-complementary

#C43844 #38C472 #388AC4

monochromatic

#651D23 #942A33 #C43844 #D3666F #E1969C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#C43844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C43844 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43844

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43844	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7073E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.176 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7877',
    500: '#c43844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43844;
$custom-light: #dd7877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55278,
    "c": 0.17597,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43844

secondary

#8CCCC7

accent

#DFD249

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43844

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

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