#C43F48#C43F48

#C43F48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.169 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43F48
RGB	rgb(196, 63, 72)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 53.29, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 58.83, 25.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.1578 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.169 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7147, 15.7623, 7.8180)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43F48 #3FC4BB

analogous

#C43F8A #C43F48 #C4783F

triadic

#C43F48 #48C43F #3F48C4

tetradic

#C43F48 #8AC43F #3FC4BB #783FC4

square

#C43F48 #8AC43F #3FC4BB #783FC4

split-complementary

#C43F48 #3FC478 #3F8AC4

monochromatic

#682025 #972E36 #C43F48 #D26E75 #E19DA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C43F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C43F48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43F48

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43F48	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 63, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.169 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7c7b',
    500: '#c43f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43f48;
$custom-light: #dd7c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.94,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56082,
    "c": 0.16871,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43F48

secondary

#92CDC9

accent

#DCD34B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43F48

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

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