#C43A47#C43A47

#C43A47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.174 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43A47
RGB	rgb(196, 58, 71)
HSL	hsl(354, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 63.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.93, 55.17, 24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.93, 60.40, 24.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.1636 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.174 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4180, 15.2205, 7.5594)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43A47 #3AC4B7

analogous

#C43A8C #C43A47 #C4723A

triadic

#C43A47 #47C43A #3A47C4

tetradic

#C43A47 #8CC43A #3AC4B7 #723AC4

square

#C43A47 #8CC43A #3AC4B7 #723AC4

split-complementary

#C43A47 #3AC472 #3A8CC4

monochromatic

#661E25 #952C36 #C43A47 #D36973 #E0989F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C43A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C43A47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43A47

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43A47	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 58, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.174 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd797a',
    500: '#c43a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43a47;
$custom-light: #dd797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.348,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55534,
    "c": 0.17385,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43A47

secondary

#8ECCC6

accent

#DED04A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43A47

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

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