#C43A32#C43A32

#C43A32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.176 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43A32
RGB	rgb(196, 58, 50)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 54.10, 36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 65.31, 34.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.21% 0.1559 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(55.21% 0.176 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8565, 14.9959, 4.6027)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43A32 #32BCC4

analogous

#C43273 #C43A32 #C48332

triadic

#C43A32 #32C43A #3A32C4

tetradic

#C43A32 #73C432 #32BCC4 #8332C4

square

#C43A32 #73C432 #32BCC4 #8332C4

split-complementary

#C43A32 #32C483 #3273C4

monochromatic

#621D19 #932C26 #C43A32 #D6645D #E2938E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#C43A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C43A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43A32

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43A32	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 58, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.176 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de796a',
    500: '#c43a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43a32;
$custom-light: #de796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.288,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55207,
    "c": 0.17611,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43A32

secondary

#85C9CD

accent

#DAE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43A32

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

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