#C43947#C43947

#C43947 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.175 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43947
RGB	rgb(196, 57, 71)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 63.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, 55.55, 24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 60.68, 23.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.1648 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.175 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3680, 15.1206, 7.5428)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43947 #39C4B6

analogous

#C4398D #C43947 #C47139

triadic

#C43947 #47C439 #3947C4

tetradic

#C43947 #8DC439 #39C4B6 #7139C4

square

#C43947 #8DC439 #39C4B6 #7139C4

split-complementary

#C43947 #39C471 #398DC4

monochromatic

#651D25 #952B36 #C43947 #D36772 #E1979E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C43947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C43947 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43947

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43947	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D70D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 57, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.175 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd797a',
    500: '#c43947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43947;
$custom-light: #dd797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.957,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55433,
    "c": 0.17485,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43947

secondary

#8DCCC6

accent

#DECF4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43947

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

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