#C43C3E#C43C3E

#C43C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.173 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43C3E
RGB	rgb(196, 60, 62)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 53.90, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 61.75, 29.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.1577 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.173 24)
XYZ	xyz(25.2530, 15.3190, 6.1836)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43C3E #3CC4C2

analogous

#C43C82 #C43C3E #C47E3C

triadic

#C43C3E #3EC43C #3C3EC4

tetradic

#C43C3E #82C43C #3CC4C2 #7E3CC4

square

#C43C3E #82C43C #3CC4C2 #7E3CC4

split-complementary

#C43C3E #3CC47E #3C82C4

monochromatic

#671F20 #962D2F #C43C3E #D26B6D #E09A9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C43C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C43C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43C3E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43C3E	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7123E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 60, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.173 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a73',
    500: '#c43c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43c3e;
$custom-light: #de7a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.118,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55587,
    "c": 0.17263,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.15315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43C3E

secondary

#90CCCB

accent

#DDDB4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43C3E

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

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