#C43845#C43845

#C43845 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.176 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43845
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 55.80, 25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 61.31, 24.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.1652 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.176 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2559, 14.9975, 7.1940)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43845 #38C4B7

analogous

#C4388B #C43845 #C47138

triadic

#C43845 #45C438 #3845C4

tetradic

#C43845 #8BC438 #38C4B7 #7138C4

square

#C43845 #8BC438 #38C4B7 #7138C4

split-complementary

#C43845 #38C471 #388BC4

monochromatic

#651D23 #942A34 #C43845 #D36670 #E1969D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#C43845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C43845 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43845

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43845	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)

#5F5944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7083E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.176 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7878',
    500: '#c43845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43845;
$custom-light: #dd7878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55296,
    "c": 0.17592,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43845

secondary

#8CCCC6

accent

#DFD149

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43845

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

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