#C43948#C43948

#C43948 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.175 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43948
RGB	rgb(196, 57, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 55.61, 23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 60.50, 23.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.1652 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.175 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4004, 15.1336, 7.7132)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43948 #39C4B5

analogous

#C4398E #C43948 #C46F39

triadic

#C43948 #48C439 #3948C4

tetradic

#C43948 #8EC439 #39C4B5 #6F39C4

square

#C43948 #8EC439 #39C4B5 #6F39C4

split-complementary

#C43948 #39C46F #398EC4

monochromatic

#651D25 #952B37 #C43948 #D36773 #E1979F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C43948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C43948 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43948

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43948	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D70E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 57, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.175 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd797a',
    500: '#c43948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43948;
$custom-light: #dd797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.525,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55452,
    "c": 0.1748,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43948

secondary

#8DCCC5

accent

#DECE4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43948

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

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