#C43A55#C43A55

#C43A55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.174 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43A55
RGB	rgb(196, 58, 85)
HSL	hsl(348, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(348, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 56.11, 16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 58.46, 16.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1691 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.174 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9201, 15.4213, 10.2043)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43A55 #3AC4A9

analogous

#C43A9A #C43A55 #C4643A

triadic

#C43A55 #55C43A #3A55C4

tetradic

#C43A55 #9AC43A #3AC4A9 #643AC4

square

#C43A55 #9AC43A #3AC4A9 #643AC4

split-complementary

#C43A55 #3AC464 #3A9AC4

monochromatic

#661E2C #952C41 #C43A55 #D3697D #E098A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C43A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C43A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43A55

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43A55	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 58, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.174 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7a84',
    500: '#c43a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43a55;
$custom-light: #dc7a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.261,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55824,
    "c": 0.17394,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43A55

secondary

#8ECCC0

accent

#DEC14A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43A55

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

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