#C44138#C44138

#C44138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.169 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C44138
RGBrgb(196, 65, 56)
HSLhsl(4, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(4, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 66.8%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(46.72, 51.60, 34.40)
CIE-LCHlch(46.72, 62.02, 33.69°)
OKLaboklab(56.05% 0.1492 0.0785)
OKLCHoklch(56.05% 0.169 27.7)
XYZxyz(25.3718, 15.8056, 5.4554)
Luminance0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C44138 #38BBC4
analogous
#C43875 #C44138 #C48738
triadic
#C44138 #38C441 #4138C4
tetradic
#C44138 #75C438 #38BBC4 #8738C4
square
#C44138 #75C438 #38BBC4 #8738C4
split-complementary
#C44138 #38C487 #3875C4
monochromatic
#65211D #94312A #C44138 #D36D66 #E19A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05
#C44138 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16
#C44138 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44138
5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C44138#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C441381.005.054.165.05
#FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00
#0000004.1621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#665D36
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#867934
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D71C40
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c44138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 65, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.169 27.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7d6f',
    500: '#c44138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c44138;
$custom-light: #de7d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c44138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56047,
    "c": 0.16862,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C44138
secondary
#8CC8CC
accent
#D5DF49
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FDEEEC
border
#D5C9C7
text
#170A07
muted
#857C7A

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#C44138 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva