#C43B48#C43B48

#C43B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.173 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43B48
RGB	rgb(196, 59, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.09, 54.86, 24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.09, 59.95, 23.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.1628 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.173 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5012, 15.3352, 7.7468)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43B48 #3BC4B7

analogous

#C43B8C #C43B48 #C4733B

triadic

#C43B48 #48C43B #3B48C4

tetradic

#C43B48 #8CC43B #3BC4B7 #733BC4

square

#C43B48 #8CC43B #3BC4B7 #733BC4

split-complementary

#C43B48 #3BC473 #3B8CC4

monochromatic

#661F25 #952D37 #C43B48 #D26A74 #E099A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C43B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C43B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43B48

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43B48	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 59, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.173 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a7a',
    500: '#c43b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43b48;
$custom-light: #dd7a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.307,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55655,
    "c": 0.1728,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43B48

secondary

#8FCCC6

accent

#DDCF4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43B48

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

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