#C43D32#C43D32

#C43D32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.173 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43D32
RGB	rgb(196, 61, 50)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, 52.94, 37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 64.62, 34.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.1522 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.173 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0122, 15.3073, 4.6546)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43D32 #32B9C4

analogous

#C43270 #C43D32 #C48632

triadic

#C43D32 #32C43D #3D32C4

tetradic

#C43D32 #70C432 #32B9C4 #8632C4

square

#C43D32 #70C432 #32B9C4 #8632C4

split-complementary

#C43D32 #32C486 #3270C4

monochromatic

#621F19 #932E26 #C43D32 #D6665D #E2958E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C43D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C43D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43D32

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43D32	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 61, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.173 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b6b',
    500: '#c43d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43d32;
$custom-light: #de7b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.521,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55524,
    "c": 0.17338,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43D32

secondary

#85C7CD

accent

#D7E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43D32

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

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