#C43D3E#C43D3E

#C43D3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.172 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43D3E
RGB	rgb(196, 61, 62)
HSL	hsl(360, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(360, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 53.51, 30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 61.50, 29.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1565 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.172 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3059, 15.4247, 6.2013)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43D3E #3DC4C3

analogous

#C43D81 #C43D3E #C4803D

triadic

#C43D3E #3EC43D #3D3EC4

tetradic

#C43D3E #81C43D #3DC4C3 #803DC4

square

#C43D3E #81C43D #3DC4C3 #803DC4

split-complementary

#C43D3E #3DC480 #3D81C4

monochromatic

#671F20 #962E2E #C43D3E #D26C6D #E19B9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C43D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C43D3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43D3E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43D3E	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7153F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 61, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.172 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b73',
    500: '#c43d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43d3e;
$custom-light: #de7b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.556,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55693,
    "c": 0.17165,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43D3E

secondary

#90CDCC

accent

#DDDC4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43D3E

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

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