#C43C53#C43C53

#C43C53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.172 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43C53
RGB	rgb(196, 60, 83)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 57.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 55.21, 17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 58.05, 18.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.1659 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.172 15)
XYZ	xyz(25.9446, 15.5956, 9.8260)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43C53 #3CC4AD

analogous

#C43C97 #C43C53 #C4693C

triadic

#C43C53 #53C43C #3C53C4

tetradic

#C43C53 #97C43C #3CC4AD #693CC4

square

#C43C53 #97C43C #3CC4AD #693CC4

split-complementary

#C43C53 #3CC469 #3C97C4

monochromatic

#671F2B #962D3F #C43C53 #D26B7C #E09AA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C43C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C43C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43C53

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43C53	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 60, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.172 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b83',
    500: '#c43c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43c53;
$custom-light: #dc7b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.853,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55984,
    "c": 0.1717,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.15592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43C53

secondary

#90CCC2

accent

#DDC44B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43C53

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

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