#C43E5E#C43E5E

#C43E5E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.170 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43E5E
RGB	rgb(196, 62, 94)
HSL	hsl(346, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(346, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 52%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 55.28, 11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 56.56, 12.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.1677 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.17 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5103, 15.9927, 12.2784)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43E5E #3EC4A4

analogous

#C43EA1 #C43E5E #C4613E

triadic

#C43E5E #5EC43E #3E5EC4

tetradic

#C43E5E #A1C43E #3EC4A4 #613EC4

square

#C43E5E #A1C43E #3EC4A4 #613EC4

split-complementary

#C43E5E #3EC461 #3EA1C4

monochromatic

#682031 #972E47 #C43E5E #D26D85 #E19CAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C43E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C43E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43E5E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43E5E	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81795B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 62, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.170 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7c8b',
    500: '#c43e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43e5e;
$custom-light: #dc7c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.672,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56454,
    "c": 0.17039,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43E5E

secondary

#91CDBE

accent

#DDBA4B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEF0

border

#D5C9CB

text

#160A0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43E5E

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

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