#C43E38#C43E38

#C43E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.172 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E38
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.27, 52.82, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.27, 62.75, 32.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.1531 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.172 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2041, 15.4702, 5.3995)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E38 #38BEC4

analogous

#C43878 #C43E38 #C48438

triadic

#C43E38 #38C43E #3E38C4

tetradic

#C43E38 #78C438 #38BEC4 #8438C4

square

#C43E38 #78C438 #38BEC4 #8438C4

split-complementary

#C43E38 #38C484 #3878C4

monochromatic

#65201D #942F2A #C43E38 #D36B66 #E19996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C43E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C43E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E38

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E38	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7153E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.172 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b6f',
    500: '#c43e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e38;
$custom-light: #de7b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55712,
    "c": 0.17151,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E38

secondary

#8CC9CC

accent

#D8DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E38

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

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