#C43A48#C43A48

#C43A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.174 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43A48
RGB	rgb(196, 58, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.95, 55.24, 24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.95, 60.22, 23.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.164 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.174 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4503, 15.2334, 7.7299)
Luminance	0.1523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43A48 #3AC4B6

analogous

#C43A8D #C43A48 #C4713A

triadic

#C43A48 #48C43A #3A48C4

tetradic

#C43A48 #8DC43A #3AC4B6 #713AC4

square

#C43A48 #8DC43A #3AC4B6 #713AC4

split-complementary

#C43A48 #3AC471 #3A8DC4

monochromatic

#661E25 #952C37 #C43A48 #D36973 #E0989F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C43A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C43A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43A48

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43A48	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 58, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.174 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd797a',
    500: '#c43a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43a48;
$custom-light: #dd797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.913,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55553,
    "c": 0.17381,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43A48

secondary

#8ECCC6

accent

#DECF4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43A48

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

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