#C43C43#C43C43

#C43C43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.172 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43C43
RGB	rgb(196, 60, 67)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 54.18, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 60.65, 26.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1596 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.172 22)
XYZ	xyz(25.3966, 15.3764, 6.9398)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43C43 #3CC4BD

analogous

#C43C87 #C43C43 #C4793C

triadic

#C43C43 #43C43C #3C43C4

tetradic

#C43C43 #87C43C #3CC4BD #793CC4

square

#C43C43 #87C43C #3CC4BD #793CC4

split-complementary

#C43C43 #3CC479 #3C87C4

monochromatic

#671F23 #962D33 #C43C43 #D26B70 #E09A9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C43C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C43C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43C43

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43C43	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 60, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.172 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a77',
    500: '#c43c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43c43;
$custom-light: #dd7a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.912,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5567,
    "c": 0.17213,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.15373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43C43

secondary

#90CCC9

accent

#DDD54B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43C43

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

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