#C43A44#C43A44

#C43A44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.174 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43A44
RGB	rgb(196, 58, 68)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 55.00, 26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 60.97, 25.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.1624 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.174 21)
XYZ	xyz(25.3240, 15.1829, 7.0648)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43A44 #3AC4BA

analogous

#C43A89 #C43A44 #C4753A

triadic

#C43A44 #44C43A #3A44C4

tetradic

#C43A44 #89C43A #3AC4BA #753AC4

square

#C43A44 #89C43A #3AC4BA #753AC4

split-complementary

#C43A44 #3AC475 #3A89C4

monochromatic

#661E23 #952C34 #C43A44 #D36970 #E0989D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#C43A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C43A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43A44

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43A44	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D70F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 58, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.174 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7977',
    500: '#c43a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43a44;
$custom-light: #dd7977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.652,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55479,
    "c": 0.17403,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.15179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43A44

secondary

#8ECCC8

accent

#DED34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43A44

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

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