#C4423E#C4423E

#C4423E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.167 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4423E
RGB	rgb(196, 66, 62)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 51.49, 31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 60.21, 31.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1501 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.167 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5853, 15.9836, 6.2944)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4423E #3EC0C4

analogous

#C43E7D #C4423E #C4853E

triadic

#C4423E #3EC442 #423EC4

tetradic

#C4423E #7DC43E #3EC0C4 #853EC4

square

#C4423E #7DC43E #3EC0C4 #853EC4

split-complementary

#C4423E #3EC485 #3E7DC4

monochromatic

#682220 #97312E #C4423E #D2706D #E19E9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C4423E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C4423E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4423E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4423E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4423E	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)

#665E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4423e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 66, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.167 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7d73',
    500: '#c4423e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4423e;
$custom-light: #dd7d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4423e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.791,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56249,
    "c": 0.16671,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4423E

secondary

#91CBCD

accent

#D8DD4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4423E

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

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