#C43D2E#C43D2E

#C43D2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.174 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43D2E
RGB	rgb(196, 61, 46)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 52.78, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 65.77, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.1509 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.174 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9297, 15.2742, 4.2198)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43D2E #2EB5C4

analogous

#C42E6A #C43D2E #C4882E

triadic

#C43D2E #2EC43D #3D2EC4

tetradic

#C43D2E #6AC42E #2EB5C4 #882EC4

square

#C43D2E #6AC42E #2EB5C4 #882EC4

split-complementary

#C43D2E #2EC488 #2E6AC4

monochromatic

#611E17 #922E22 #C43D2E #D86458 #E39289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C43D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C43D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43D2E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43D2E	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 61, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.174 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a68',
    500: '#c43d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43d2e;
$custom-light: #df7a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55476,
    "c": 0.17405,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43D2E

secondary

#81C5CD

accent

#D5E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43D2E

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

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