#C43E49#C43E49

#C43E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.170 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E49
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 53.75, 24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 58.93, 24.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1595 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.17 20)
XYZ	xyz(25.6928, 15.6657, 7.9729)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E49 #3EC4B9

analogous

#C43E8C #C43E49 #C4763E

triadic

#C43E49 #49C43E #3E49C4

tetradic

#C43E49 #8CC43E #3EC4B9 #763EC4

square

#C43E49 #8CC43E #3EC4B9 #763EC4

split-complementary

#C43E49 #3EC476 #3E8CC4

monochromatic

#682026 #972E37 #C43E49 #D26D75 #E19CA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#C43E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C43E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E49

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E49	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.170 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b7b',
    500: '#c43e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e49;
$custom-light: #dd7b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.075,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55991,
    "c": 0.16968,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.15662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E49

secondary

#91CDC8

accent

#DDD14B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E49

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

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