#C43949#C43949

#C43949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.175 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43949
RGB	rgb(196, 57, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 55.67, 23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 60.33, 22.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1656 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.175 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4333, 15.1467, 7.8864)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43949 #39C4B4

analogous

#C4398E #C43949 #C46F39

triadic

#C43949 #49C439 #3949C4

tetradic

#C43949 #8EC439 #39C4B4 #6F39C4

square

#C43949 #8EC439 #39C4B4 #6F39C4

split-complementary

#C43949 #39C46F #398EC4

monochromatic

#651D26 #952B37 #C43949 #D36774 #E1979F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C43949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C43949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43949

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43949	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D70F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 57, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.175 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd797b',
    500: '#c43949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43949;
$custom-light: #dd797b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.094,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55471,
    "c": 0.17476,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43949

secondary

#8DCCC5

accent

#DECD4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43949

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

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