#C43E59#C43E59

#C43E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.170 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E59
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 89)
HSL	hsl(348, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(348, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 54.88, 14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 56.85, 15.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1657 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.17 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2931, 15.9058, 11.1348)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E59 #3EC4A9

analogous

#C43E9C #C43E59 #C4663E

triadic

#C43E59 #59C43E #3E59C4

tetradic

#C43E59 #9CC43E #3EC4A9 #663EC4

square

#C43E59 #9CC43E #3EC4A9 #663EC4

split-complementary

#C43E59 #3EC466 #3E9CC4

monochromatic

#68202E #972E43 #C43E59 #D26D81 #E19CAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#C43E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#C43E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E59

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E59	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.170 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7c87',
    500: '#c43e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e59;
$custom-light: #dc7c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.91,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56331,
    "c": 0.16986,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E59

secondary

#91CDC1

accent

#DDBF4B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E59

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

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