#C43E44#C43E44

#C43E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.170 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E44
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 68)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 53.45, 27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 59.90, 26.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1575 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.17 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5336, 15.6020, 7.1347)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E44 #3EC4BE

analogous

#C43E87 #C43E44 #C47B3E

triadic

#C43E44 #44C43E #3E44C4

tetradic

#C43E44 #87C43E #3EC4BE #7B3EC4

square

#C43E44 #87C43E #3EC4BE #7B3EC4

split-complementary

#C43E44 #3EC47B #3E87C4

monochromatic

#682023 #972E33 #C43E44 #D26D71 #E19C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C43E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C43E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E44

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E44	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.170 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b78',
    500: '#c43e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e44;
$custom-light: #dd7b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.313,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55901,
    "c": 0.17004,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E44

secondary

#91CDCA

accent

#DDD64B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E44

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

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