#C44037#C44037

#C44037 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.170 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44037
RGB	rgb(196, 64, 55)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 51.96, 34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 62.53, 33.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1502 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.17 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2907, 15.6821, 5.3089)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44037 #37BBC4

analogous

#C43775 #C44037 #C48737

triadic

#C44037 #37C440 #4037C4

tetradic

#C44037 #75C437 #37BBC4 #8737C4

square

#C44037 #75C437 #37BBC4 #8737C4

split-complementary

#C44037 #37C487 #3775C4

monochromatic

#64211C #94302A #C44037 #D46C65 #E19994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#C44037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C44037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44037

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44037	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 64, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.170 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7c6e',
    500: '#c44037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44037;
$custom-light: #de7c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.83,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5592,
    "c": 0.16975,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44037

secondary

#8BC8CC

accent

#D6DF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44037

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

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