#C43A41#C43A41

#C43A41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.174 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43A41
RGB	rgb(196, 58, 65)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.84, 54.83, 28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.84, 61.60, 27.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.1613 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.174 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2348, 15.1472, 6.5949)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43A41 #3AC4BD

analogous

#C43A86 #C43A41 #C4783A

triadic

#C43A41 #41C43A #3A41C4

tetradic

#C43A41 #86C43A #3AC4BD #783AC4

square

#C43A41 #86C43A #3AC4BD #783AC4

split-complementary

#C43A41 #3AC478 #3A86C4

monochromatic

#661E22 #952C31 #C43A41 #D3696E #E0989C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C43A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C43A41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43A41

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43A41	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)

#605A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D70D3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 58, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.174 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7975',
    500: '#c43a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43a41;
$custom-light: #de7975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.957,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55428,
    "c": 0.17426,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43A41

secondary

#8ECCC9

accent

#DED64A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43A41

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

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