#C43D36#C43D36

#C43D36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.173 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43D36
RGB	rgb(196, 61, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, 53.12, 34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 63.53, 33.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.1536 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.173 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1023, 15.3433, 5.1291)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43D36 #36BDC4

analogous

#C43676 #C43D36 #C48436

triadic

#C43D36 #36C43D #3D36C4

tetradic

#C43D36 #76C436 #36BDC4 #8436C4

square

#C43D36 #76C436 #36BDC4 #8436C4

split-complementary

#C43D36 #36C484 #3676C4

monochromatic

#641F1C #942E29 #C43D36 #D46963 #E19793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C43D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C43D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43D36

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43D36	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7113D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 61, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.173 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b6d',
    500: '#c43d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43d36;
$custom-light: #de7b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.958,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55576,
    "c": 0.17275,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43D36

secondary

#89C9CC

accent

#D9E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43D36

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

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