#C4424F#C4424F

#C4424F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.165 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4424F
RGB	rgb(196, 66, 79)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 59.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 52.53, 21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 56.74, 22.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1567 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.165 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1269, 16.2003, 9.1468)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4424F #42C4B7

analogous

#C44290 #C4424F #C47642

triadic

#C4424F #4FC442 #424FC4

tetradic

#C4424F #90C442 #42C4B7 #7642C4

square

#C4424F #90C442 #42C4B7 #7642C4

split-complementary

#C4424F #42C476 #4290C4

monochromatic

#6A2129 #99303A #C4424F #D3717A #E19FA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#C4424F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#C4424F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4424F

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4424F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4424F	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4424f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 66, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.165 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7e80',
    500: '#c4424f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4424f;
$custom-light: #dc7e80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4424f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56552,
    "c": 0.16516,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4424F

secondary

#94CEC8

accent

#DCCD4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4424F

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

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