#C43E50#C43E50

#C43E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.169 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E50
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 80)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(352, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 54.22, 20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 57.81, 20.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.1622 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.169 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9380, 15.7638, 9.2647)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E50 #3EC4B2

analogous

#C43E93 #C43E50 #C46F3E

triadic

#C43E50 #50C43E #3E50C4

tetradic

#C43E50 #93C43E #3EC4B2 #6F3EC4

square

#C43E50 #93C43E #3EC4B2 #6F3EC4

split-complementary

#C43E50 #3EC46F #3E93C4

monochromatic

#682029 #972E3C #C43E50 #D26D7A #E19CA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C43E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C43E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E50

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E50	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.169 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7c80',
    500: '#c43e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e50;
$custom-light: #dc7c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.94,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56131,
    "c": 0.16949,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E50

secondary

#91CDC5

accent

#DDC94B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E50

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

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