#C43F45#C43F45

#C43F45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.169 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43F45
RGB	rgb(196, 63, 69)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 53.11, 26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 59.42, 26.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1566 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.169 22)
XYZ	xyz(25.6193, 15.7241, 7.3151)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43F45 #3FC4BE

analogous

#C43F87 #C43F45 #C47B3F

triadic

#C43F45 #45C43F #3F45C4

tetradic

#C43F45 #87C43F #3FC4BE #7B3FC4

square

#C43F45 #87C43F #3FC4BE #7B3FC4

split-complementary

#C43F45 #3FC47B #3F87C4

monochromatic

#682023 #972E33 #C43F45 #D26E72 #E19DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#C43F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C43F45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43F45

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43F45	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 63, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.169 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7c78',
    500: '#c43f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43f45;
$custom-light: #dd7c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.293,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56027,
    "c": 0.16893,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.1572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43F45

secondary

#92CDCA

accent

#DCD64B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43F45

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

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