#C43857#C43857

#C43857 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.176 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43857
RGB	rgb(196, 56, 87)
HSL	hsl(347, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(347, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 57.00, 14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 58.91, 14.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1722 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.176 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9018, 15.2558, 10.5957)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43857 #38C4A5

analogous

#C4389D #C43857 #C45F38

triadic

#C43857 #57C438 #3857C4

tetradic

#C43857 #9DC438 #38C4A5 #5F38C4

square

#C43857 #9DC438 #38C4A5 #5F38C4

split-complementary

#C43857 #38C45F #389DC4

monochromatic

#651D2D #942A42 #C43857 #D3667E #E196A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C43857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C43857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43857

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43857	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 56, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.176 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7986',
    500: '#c43857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43857;
$custom-light: #dc7986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55672,
    "c": 0.1762,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43857

secondary

#8CCCBE

accent

#DFBE49

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43857

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

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