#C43E55#C43E55

#C43E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.170 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E55
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 85)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 54.58, 17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 57.21, 17.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1642 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.17 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1297, 15.8405, 10.2741)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E55 #3EC4AD

analogous

#C43E98 #C43E55 #C46A3E

triadic

#C43E55 #55C43E #3E55C4

tetradic

#C43E55 #98C43E #3EC4AD #6A3EC4

square

#C43E55 #98C43E #3EC4AD #6A3EC4

split-complementary

#C43E55 #3EC46A #3E98C4

monochromatic

#68202C #972E40 #C43E55 #D26D7E #E19CA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C43E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C43E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E55

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E55	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.170 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7c84',
    500: '#c43e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e55;
$custom-light: #dc7c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.701,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56239,
    "c": 0.16961,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E55

secondary

#91CDC2

accent

#DDC44B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E55

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

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