#C43E45#C43E45

#C43E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.170 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E45
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 69)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.46, 53.51, 26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.46, 59.69, 26.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1579 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.17 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5644, 15.6143, 7.2968)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E45 #3EC4BD

analogous

#C43E88 #C43E45 #C47A3E

triadic

#C43E45 #45C43E #3E45C4

tetradic

#C43E45 #88C43E #3EC4BD #7A3EC4

square

#C43E45 #88C43E #3EC4BD #7A3EC4

split-complementary

#C43E45 #3EC47A #3E88C4

monochromatic

#682024 #972E34 #C43E45 #D26D72 #E19C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C43E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C43E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E45

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E45	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.170 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b78',
    500: '#c43e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e45;
$custom-light: #dd7b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.866,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55918,
    "c": 0.16996,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E45

secondary

#91CDCA

accent

#DDD54B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E45

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

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