#C44342#C44342

#C44342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.165 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44342
RGB	rgb(196, 67, 66)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 51.29, 29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 58.98, 29.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1503 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.165 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7581, 16.1470, 6.9135)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44342 #42C3C4

analogous

#C44282 #C44342 #C48442

triadic

#C44342 #42C443 #4342C4

tetradic

#C44342 #82C442 #42C3C4 #8442C4

square

#C44342 #82C442 #42C3C4 #8442C4

split-complementary

#C44342 #42C484 #4282C4

monochromatic

#6A2221 #993130 #C44342 #D37171 #E1A09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#C44342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#C44342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44342

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44342	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)

#665E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.165 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7e76',
    500: '#c44342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44342;
$custom-light: #dd7e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.462,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56428,
    "c": 0.16515,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44342

secondary

#94CDCE

accent

#DBDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44342

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

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