#C43B49#C43B49

#C43B49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.173 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43B49
RGB	rgb(196, 59, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 54.92, 23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 59.77, 23.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1632 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.173 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5341, 15.3484, 7.9200)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43B49 #3BC4B6

analogous

#C43B8D #C43B49 #C4723B

triadic

#C43B49 #49C43B #3B49C4

tetradic

#C43B49 #8DC43B #3BC4B6 #723BC4

square

#C43B49 #8DC43B #3BC4B6 #723BC4

split-complementary

#C43B49 #3BC472 #3B8DC4

monochromatic

#661F26 #952D37 #C43B49 #D26A75 #E099A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C43B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C43B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43B49

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43B49	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)

#605B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71541

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 59, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.173 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a7b',
    500: '#c43b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43b49;
$custom-light: #dd7a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.869,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55674,
    "c": 0.17276,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43B49

secondary

#8FCCC6

accent

#DDCE4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43B49

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

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