#C43E51#C43E51

#C43E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.170 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E51
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 81)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 54.29, 19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 57.68, 19.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1626 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.17 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9753, 15.7787, 9.4608)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E51 #3EC4B1

analogous

#C43E94 #C43E51 #C46E3E

triadic

#C43E51 #51C43E #3E51C4

tetradic

#C43E51 #94C43E #3EC4B1 #6E3EC4

square

#C43E51 #94C43E #3EC4B1 #6E3EC4

split-complementary

#C43E51 #3EC46E #3E94C4

monochromatic

#68202A #972E3D #C43E51 #D26D7B #E19CA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C43E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C43E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E51

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E51	1.00	5.05	4.15	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.170 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7c81',
    500: '#c43e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e51;
$custom-light: #dc7c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.493,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56152,
    "c": 0.1695,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E51

secondary

#91CDC4

accent

#DDC84B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E51

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

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