#C43E39#C43E39

#C43E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.171 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E39
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 57)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 52.86, 33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 62.49, 32.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.1534 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.171 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2288, 15.4801, 5.5296)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E39 #39BFC4

analogous

#C4397A #C43E39 #C48339

triadic

#C43E39 #39C43E #3E39C4

tetradic

#C43E39 #7AC439 #39BFC4 #8339C4

square

#C43E39 #7AC439 #39BFC4 #8339C4

split-complementary

#C43E39 #39C483 #397AC4

monochromatic

#65201D #952F2B #C43E39 #D36B67 #E19997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C43E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C43E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E39

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E39	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)

#645B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7153E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.171 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b70',
    500: '#c43e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e39;
$custom-light: #de7b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.158,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55726,
    "c": 0.17135,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E39

secondary

#8DCACC

accent

#D9DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E39

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

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