#C43D49#C43D49

#C43D49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.171 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43D49
RGB	rgb(196, 61, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 54.15, 23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 59.21, 23.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1607 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.171 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6389, 15.5579, 7.9550)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43D49 #3DC4B8

analogous

#C43D8C #C43D49 #C4753D

triadic

#C43D49 #49C43D #3D49C4

tetradic

#C43D49 #8CC43D #3DC4B8 #753DC4

square

#C43D49 #8CC43D #3DC4B8 #753DC4

split-complementary

#C43D49 #3DC475 #3D8CC4

monochromatic

#671F26 #962E37 #C43D49 #D26C75 #E19BA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C43D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C43D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43D49

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43D49	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 61, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.171 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b7b',
    500: '#c43d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43d49;
$custom-light: #dd7b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.667,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55884,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43D49

secondary

#90CDC7

accent

#DDD04B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43D49

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

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