#C43B53#C43B53

#C43B53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.173 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43B53
RGB	rgb(196, 59, 83)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 57.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 55.59, 17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 58.36, 17.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1671 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.173 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8927, 15.4918, 9.8087)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43B53 #3BC4AC

analogous

#C43B97 #C43B53 #C4683B

triadic

#C43B53 #53C43B #3B53C4

tetradic

#C43B53 #97C43B #3BC4AC #683BC4

square

#C43B53 #97C43B #3BC4AC #683BC4

split-complementary

#C43B53 #3BC468 #3B97C4

monochromatic

#661F2B #952D3F #C43B53 #D26A7C #E099A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C43B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C43B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43B53

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43B53	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81784F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 59, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.173 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7a83',
    500: '#c43b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43b53;
$custom-light: #dc7a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.489,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5588,
    "c": 0.17277,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43B53

secondary

#8FCCC1

accent

#DDC34B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43B53

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

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