#C43F49#C43F49

#C43F49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.169 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C43F49
RGB	rgb(196, 63, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 53.36, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 58.64, 24.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1582 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.169 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7476, 15.7754, 7.9912)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C43F49 #3FC4BA

analogous

#C43F8B #C43F49 #C4773F

triadic

#C43F49 #49C43F #3F49C4

tetradic

#C43F49 #8BC43F #3FC4BA #773FC4

square

#C43F49 #8BC43F #3FC4BA #773FC4

split-complementary

#C43F49 #3FC477 #3F8BC4

monochromatic

#682026 #972E36 #C43F49 #D26E75 #E19DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C43F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C43F49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C43F49

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C43F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C43F49	1.00	5.05	4.15	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c43f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 63, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.169 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7c7b',
    500: '#c43f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c43f49;
$custom-light: #dd7c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c43f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.489,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.561,
    "c": 0.16864,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C43F49

secondary

#92CDC8

accent

#DCD14B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C43F49

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

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