#C44038#C44038

#C44038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.170 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44038
RGB	rgb(196, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 52.01, 34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 62.26, 33.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.1505 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.17 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3149, 15.6918, 5.4364)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44038 #38BCC4

analogous

#C43876 #C44038 #C48638

triadic

#C44038 #38C440 #4038C4

tetradic

#C44038 #76C438 #38BCC4 #8638C4

square

#C44038 #76C438 #38BCC4 #8638C4

split-complementary

#C44038 #38C486 #3876C4

monochromatic

#65211D #94302A #C44038 #D36C66 #E19A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#C44038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C44038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44038

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44038	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)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.170 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7c6f',
    500: '#c44038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44038;
$custom-light: #de7c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55934,
    "c": 0.16959,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44038

secondary

#8CC9CC

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44038

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

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