#C43C48#C43C48

#C43C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.172 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43C48
RGB	rgb(196, 60, 72)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.23, 54.47, 24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.23, 59.67, 24.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.1616 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.172 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5531, 15.4390, 7.7641)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43C48 #3CC4B8

analogous

#C43C8C #C43C48 #C4743C

triadic

#C43C48 #48C43C #3C48C4

tetradic

#C43C48 #8CC43C #3CC4B8 #743CC4

square

#C43C48 #8CC43C #3CC4B8 #743CC4

split-complementary

#C43C48 #3CC474 #3C8CC4

monochromatic

#671F25 #962D36 #C43C48 #D26B74 #E09AA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C43C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C43C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43C48

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43C48	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 60, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.172 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a7a',
    500: '#c43c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43c48;
$custom-light: #dd7a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5576,
    "c": 0.17179,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43C48

secondary

#90CCC7

accent

#DDD04B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43C48

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

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