#C43E43#C43E43

#C43E43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.170 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C43E43
RGBrgb(196, 62, 67)
HSLhsl(358, 53%, 51%)
HSVhsv(358, 68%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.4%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(46.43, 53.39, 27.61)
CIE-LCHlch(46.43, 60.11, 27.35°)
OKLaboklab(55.88% 0.1571 0.0652)
OKLCHoklch(55.88% 0.17 22.5)
XYZxyz(25.5033, 15.5899, 6.9753)
Luminance0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C43E43 #3EC4BF
analogous
#C43E86 #C43E43 #C47C3E
triadic
#C43E43 #43C43E #3E43C4
tetradic
#C43E43 #86C43E #3EC4BF #7C3EC4
square
#C43E43 #86C43E #3EC4BF #7C3EC4
split-complementary
#C43E43 #3EC47C #3E86C4
monochromatic
#682022 #972E32 #C43E43 #D26D71 #E19C9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10
#C43E43 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12
#C43E43 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E43
5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C43E43#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C43E431.005.104.125.10
#FFFFFF5.101.0021.001.00
#0000004.1221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.101.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#625C42
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#84793F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D71941
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c43e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.170 22.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b77',
    500: '#c43e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c43e43;
$custom-light: #dd7b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c43e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.761,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55883,
    "c": 0.17013,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C43E43
secondary
#91CDCA
accent
#DDD74B
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FDEEED
border
#D5C9C8
text
#160A08
muted
#847C7B

Preview Lab

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#C43E43 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva