#C43957#C43957

#C43957 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.175 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43957
RGB	rgb(196, 57, 87)
HSL	hsl(347, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(347, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 56.63, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 58.60, 14.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.171 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.175 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9508, 15.3537, 10.6120)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43957 #39C4A6

analogous

#C4399D #C43957 #C46039

triadic

#C43957 #57C439 #3957C4

tetradic

#C43957 #9DC439 #39C4A6 #6039C4

square

#C43957 #9DC439 #39C4A6 #6039C4

split-complementary

#C43957 #39C460 #399DC4

monochromatic

#651D2D #952B42 #C43957 #D3677F #E197A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C43957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C43957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43957

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43957	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 57, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.175 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7986',
    500: '#c43957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43957;
$custom-light: #dc7986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.05,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5577,
    "c": 0.17515,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43957

secondary

#8DCCBE

accent

#DEBE4A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43957

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

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