#C43E46#C43E46

#C43E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.170 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C43E46
RGBrgb(196, 62, 70)
HSLhsl(356, 53%, 51%)
HSVhsv(356, 68%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.4%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(46.48, 53.57, 25.88)
CIE-LCHlch(46.48, 59.49, 25.79°)
OKLaboklab(55.94% 0.1583 0.0617)
OKLCHoklch(55.94% 0.17 21.3)
XYZxyz(25.5957, 15.6268, 7.4617)
Luminance0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C43E46 #3EC4BC
analogous
#C43E89 #C43E46 #C4793E
triadic
#C43E46 #46C43E #3E46C4
tetradic
#C43E46 #89C43E #3EC4BC #793EC4
square
#C43E46 #89C43E #3EC4BC #793EC4
split-complementary
#C43E46 #3EC479 #3E89C4
monochromatic
#682024 #972E34 #C43E46 #D26D73 #E19CA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09
#C43E46 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12
#C43E46 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E46
5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C43E46#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C43E461.005.094.125.09
#FFFFFF5.091.0021.001.00
#0000004.1221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.091.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#625C45
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#847942
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D71A42
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c43e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.170 21.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b79',
    500: '#c43e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c43e46;
$custom-light: #dd7b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c43e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.418,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55936,
    "c": 0.16988,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C43E46
secondary
#91CDC9
accent
#DDD44B
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FDEEED
border
#D5C9C8
text
#160A09
muted
#847C7B

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#C43E46 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva