#C43E56#C43E56

#C43E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.170 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E56
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 86)
HSL	hsl(349, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 54.65, 16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 57.11, 16.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1646 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.17 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1697, 15.8565, 10.4849)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E56 #3EC4AC

analogous

#C43E99 #C43E56 #C4693E

triadic

#C43E56 #56C43E #3E56C4

tetradic

#C43E56 #99C43E #3EC4AC #693EC4

square

#C43E56 #99C43E #3EC4AC #693EC4

split-complementary

#C43E56 #3EC469 #3E99C4

monochromatic

#68202D #972E41 #C43E56 #D26D7F #E19CA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C43E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C43E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E56

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E56	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)

#605D56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.170 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7c85',
    500: '#c43e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e56;
$custom-light: #dc7c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.254,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56262,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E56

secondary

#91CDC2

accent

#DDC34B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E56

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

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