#C43E3A#C43E3A

#C43E3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.171 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C43E3A
RGBrgb(196, 62, 58)
HSLhsl(2, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(2, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.4%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(46.30, 52.91, 32.76)
CIE-LCHlch(46.30, 62.23, 31.76°)
OKLaboklab(55.74% 0.1538 0.0753)
OKLCHoklch(55.74% 0.171 26.1)
XYZxyz(25.2540, 15.4902, 5.6623)
Luminance0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C43E3A #3AC0C4
analogous
#C43A7B #C43E3A #C4833A
triadic
#C43E3A #3AC43E #3E3AC4
tetradic
#C43E3A #7BC43A #3AC0C4 #833AC4
square
#C43E3A #7BC43A #3AC0C4 #833AC4
split-complementary
#C43E3A #3AC483 #3A7BC4
monochromatic
#66201E #952F2C #C43E3A #D36C69 #E09A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13
#C43E3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10
#C43E3A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E3A
5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C43E3A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C43E3A1.005.134.105.13
#FFFFFF5.131.0021.001.00
#0000004.1021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.131.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#635B38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#857836
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7163E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c43e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.171 26.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b70',
    500: '#c43e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c43e3a;
$custom-light: #de7b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c43e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.739,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55741,
    "c": 0.17121,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C43E3A
secondary
#8ECACC
accent
#D9DE4A
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FDEEEC
border
#D5C9C7
text
#170A07
muted
#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E3A

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#C43E3A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva