#C43959#C43959

#C43959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.175 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43959
RGB	rgb(196, 57, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(346, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, 56.79, 13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 58.46, 13.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1718 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.175 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0336, 15.3869, 11.0483)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43959 #39C4A4

analogous

#C4399F #C43959 #C45F39

triadic

#C43959 #59C439 #3959C4

tetradic

#C43959 #9FC439 #39C4A4 #5F39C4

square

#C43959 #9FC439 #39C4A4 #5F39C4

split-complementary

#C43959 #39C45F #399FC4

monochromatic

#651D2E #952B43 #C43959 #D36780 #E197A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C43959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C43959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43959

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43959	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 57, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.175 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7987',
    500: '#c43959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43959;
$custom-light: #dc7987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.187,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55818,
    "c": 0.17534,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43959

secondary

#8DCCBE

accent

#DEBC4A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43959

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

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