#C44442#C44442

#C44442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.164 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44442
RGB	rgb(196, 68, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 50.87, 29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 58.71, 29.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.149 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.164 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8181, 16.2670, 6.9335)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44442 #42C2C4

analogous

#C44281 #C44442 #C48542

triadic

#C44442 #42C444 #4442C4

tetradic

#C44442 #81C442 #42C2C4 #8542C4

square

#C44442 #81C442 #42C2C4 #8542C4

split-complementary

#C44442 #42C485 #4281C4

monochromatic

#6A2221 #993130 #C44442 #D37271 #E1A09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#C44442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#C44442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44442

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44442	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 68, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.164 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7e76',
    500: '#c44442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44442;
$custom-light: #dd7e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.923,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56545,
    "c": 0.16412,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44442

secondary

#94CDCE

accent

#DADC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44442

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

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