#C43E53#C43E53

#C43E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.170 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E53
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 83)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 57.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.72, 54.43, 18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.72, 57.43, 18.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1634 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.17 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0514, 15.8091, 9.8616)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E53 #3EC4AF

analogous

#C43E96 #C43E53 #C46C3E

triadic

#C43E53 #53C43E #3E53C4

tetradic

#C43E53 #96C43E #3EC4AF #6C3EC4

square

#C43E53 #96C43E #3EC4AF #6C3EC4

split-complementary

#C43E53 #3EC46C #3E96C4

monochromatic

#68202B #972E3E #C43E53 #D26D7D #E19CA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C43E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C43E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E53

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E53	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.170 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7c83',
    500: '#c43e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e53;
$custom-light: #dc7c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.597,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56195,
    "c": 0.16953,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E53

secondary

#91CDC3

accent

#DDC64B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E53

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

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