#C43D43#C43D43

#C43D43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.171 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43D43
RGB	rgb(196, 61, 67)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 53.79, 27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 60.38, 27.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.1584 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.171 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4495, 15.4822, 6.9574)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43D43 #3DC4BE

analogous

#C43D87 #C43D43 #C47A3D

triadic

#C43D43 #43C43D #3D43C4

tetradic

#C43D43 #87C43D #3DC4BE #7A3DC4

square

#C43D43 #87C43D #3DC4BE #7A3DC4

split-complementary

#C43D43 #3DC47A #3D87C4

monochromatic

#671F23 #962E32 #C43D43 #D26C70 #E19B9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C43D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C43D43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43D43

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43D43	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 61, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.171 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b77',
    500: '#c43d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43d43;
$custom-light: #dd7b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.333,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55776,
    "c": 0.17113,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43D43

secondary

#90CDCA

accent

#DDD64B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43D43

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

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