#C43C55#C43C55

#C43C55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.172 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43C55
RGB	rgb(196, 60, 85)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(349, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 55.35, 16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 57.84, 16.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1666 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.172 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0229, 15.6269, 10.2386)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43C55 #3CC4AB

analogous

#C43C99 #C43C55 #C4673C

triadic

#C43C55 #55C43C #3C55C4

tetradic

#C43C55 #99C43C #3CC4AB #673CC4

square

#C43C55 #99C43C #3CC4AB #673CC4

split-complementary

#C43C55 #3CC467 #3C99C4

monochromatic

#671F2C #962D40 #C43C55 #D26B7E #E09AA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C43C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C43C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43C55

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43C55	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 60, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.172 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b84',
    500: '#c43c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43c55;
$custom-light: #dc7b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.971,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56028,
    "c": 0.17179,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43C55

secondary

#90CCC1

accent

#DDC24B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43C55

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

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