#C4424A#C4424A

#C4424A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.165 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4424A
RGB	rgb(196, 66, 74)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 62.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 52.20, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 57.59, 24.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.1547 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.165 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9518, 16.1302, 8.2241)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4424A #42C4BC

analogous

#C4428B #C4424A #C47B42

triadic

#C4424A #4AC442 #424AC4

tetradic

#C4424A #8BC442 #42C4BC #7B42C4

square

#C4424A #8BC442 #42C4BC #7B42C4

split-complementary

#C4424A #42C47B #428BC4

monochromatic

#6A2126 #993036 #C4424A #D37177 #E19FA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#C4424A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#C4424A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4424A

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4424A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4424A	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4424a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 66, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.165 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7e7c',
    500: '#c4424a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4424a;
$custom-light: #dd7e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4424a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56454,
    "c": 0.1654,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4424A

secondary

#94CECA

accent

#DCD34C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4424A

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

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