#C43C47#C43C47

#C43C47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.172 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43C47
RGB	rgb(196, 60, 71)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 63.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 54.41, 24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 59.85, 24.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.1612 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.172 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5208, 15.4261, 7.5937)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43C47 #3CC4B9

analogous

#C43C8B #C43C47 #C4753C

triadic

#C43C47 #47C43C #3C47C4

tetradic

#C43C47 #8BC43C #3CC4B9 #753CC4

square

#C43C47 #8BC43C #3CC4B9 #753CC4

split-complementary

#C43C47 #3CC475 #3C8BC4

monochromatic

#671F25 #962D36 #C43C47 #D26B73 #E09AA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C43C47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C43C47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43C47

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43C47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43C47	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43c47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 60, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.172 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a7a',
    500: '#c43c47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43c47;
$custom-light: #dd7a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43c47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.147,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55741,
    "c": 0.17184,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43C47

secondary

#90CCC7

accent

#DDD14B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43C47

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

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