#C43945#C43945

#C43945 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.175 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43945
RGB	rgb(196, 57, 69)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 55.43, 25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 61.05, 24.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% 0.164 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.175 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3049, 15.0954, 7.2103)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43945 #39C4B8

analogous

#C4398B #C43945 #C47239

triadic

#C43945 #45C439 #3945C4

tetradic

#C43945 #8BC439 #39C4B8 #7239C4

square

#C43945 #8BC439 #39C4B8 #7239C4

split-complementary

#C43945 #39C472 #398BC4

monochromatic

#651D24 #952B34 #C43945 #D36771 #E1979D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C43945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C43945 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43945

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43945	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)

#5F5A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D70C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 57, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.175 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7978',
    500: '#c43945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43945;
$custom-light: #dd7978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.82,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55396,
    "c": 0.17494,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43945

secondary

#8DCCC7

accent

#DED14A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43945

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

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