#C43E34#C43E34

#C43E34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.172 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E34
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 52)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.22, 52.63, 36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.22, 63.83, 34.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.1517 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.172 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1102, 15.4327, 4.9047)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E34 #34BAC4

analogous

#C43472 #C43E34 #C48634

triadic

#C43E34 #34C43E #3E34C4

tetradic

#C43E34 #72C434 #34BAC4 #8634C4

square

#C43E34 #72C434 #34BAC4 #8634C4

split-complementary

#C43E34 #34C486 #3472C4

monochromatic

#631F1A #942F27 #C43E34 #D56860 #E29691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C43E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C43E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E34

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E34	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8133D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.172 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b6c',
    500: '#c43e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e34;
$custom-light: #de7b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.167,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55658,
    "c": 0.17213,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E34

secondary

#87C8CC

accent

#D7E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E34

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

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