#C43B38#C43B38

#C43B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.174 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43B38
RGB	rgb(196, 59, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.84, 53.99, 33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.84, 63.48, 31.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.1568 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.174 26)
XYZ	xyz(25.0455, 15.1529, 5.3466)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43B38 #38C1C4

analogous

#C4387B #C43B38 #C48138

triadic

#C43B38 #38C43B #3B38C4

tetradic

#C43B38 #7BC438 #38C1C4 #8138C4

square

#C43B38 #7BC438 #38C1C4 #8138C4

split-complementary

#C43B38 #38C481 #387BC4

monochromatic

#651E1D #942D2A #C43B38 #D36866 #E19796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C43B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C43B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43B38

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43B38	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)

#625A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D70B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 59, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.174 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a6f',
    500: '#c43b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43b38;
$custom-light: #de7a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55391,
    "c": 0.17433,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.15149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43B38

secondary

#8CCBCC

accent

#DCDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43B38

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

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