#C43E42#C43E42

#C43E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.170 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E42
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 53.34, 28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 60.33, 27.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% 0.1568 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.17 23)
XYZ	xyz(25.4736, 15.5780, 6.8187)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E42 #3EC4C0

analogous

#C43E85 #C43E42 #C47D3E

triadic

#C43E42 #42C43E #3E42C4

tetradic

#C43E42 #85C43E #3EC4C0 #7D3EC4

square

#C43E42 #85C43E #3EC4C0 #7D3EC4

split-complementary

#C43E42 #3EC47D #3E85C4

monochromatic

#682022 #972E31 #C43E42 #D26D70 #E19C9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C43E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C43E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E42

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E42	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.170 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b76',
    500: '#c43e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e42;
$custom-light: #dd7b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.209,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55866,
    "c": 0.17023,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.15574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E42

secondary

#91CDCB

accent

#DDD84B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E42

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

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