#C43950#C43950

#C43950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.175 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43950
RGB	rgb(196, 57, 80)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 56.13, 19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 59.31, 18.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.1683 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.175 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6786, 15.2448, 9.1783)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43950 #39C4AD

analogous

#C43996 #C43950 #C46839

triadic

#C43950 #50C439 #3950C4

tetradic

#C43950 #96C439 #39C4AD #6839C4

square

#C43950 #96C439 #39C4AD #6839C4

split-complementary

#C43950 #39C468 #3996C4

monochromatic

#651D29 #952B3D #C43950 #D36779 #E197A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C43950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C43950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43950

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43950	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81774C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 57, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.175 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7980',
    500: '#c43950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43950;
$custom-light: #dd7980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.072,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55613,
    "c": 0.17475,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43950

secondary

#8DCCC2

accent

#DEC64A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43950

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

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