#C43E33#C43E33

#C43E33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.172 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E33
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 51)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 52.59, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 64.11, 34.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.1513 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.172 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0879, 15.4237, 4.7874)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E33 #33B9C4

analogous

#C43370 #C43E33 #C48633

triadic

#C43E33 #33C43E #3E33C4

tetradic

#C43E33 #70C433 #33B9C4 #8633C4

square

#C43E33 #70C433 #33B9C4 #8633C4

split-complementary

#C43E33 #33C486 #3370C4

monochromatic

#631F1A #932F26 #C43E33 #D5685F #E2968F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C43E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C43E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E33

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E33	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)

#645B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8133D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.172 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b6b',
    500: '#c43e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e33;
$custom-light: #de7b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.552,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55645,
    "c": 0.1723,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E33

secondary

#86C7CD

accent

#D6E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E33

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

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