#C43944#C43944

#C43944 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.175 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43944
RGB	rgb(196, 57, 68)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 55.37, 26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 61.24, 25.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1636 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.175 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2741, 15.0831, 7.0482)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43944 #39C4B9

analogous

#C4398A #C43944 #C47439

triadic

#C43944 #44C439 #3944C4

tetradic

#C43944 #8AC439 #39C4B9 #7439C4

square

#C43944 #8AC439 #39C4B9 #7439C4

split-complementary

#C43944 #39C474 #398AC4

monochromatic

#651D23 #952B34 #C43944 #D36770 #E1979D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C43944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C43944 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43944

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43944	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D70B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 57, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.175 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7977',
    500: '#c43944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43944;
$custom-light: #dd7977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.252,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55378,
    "c": 0.17501,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43944

secondary

#8DCCC7

accent

#DED34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43944

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

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