#C44451#C44451

#C44451 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.163 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44451
RGB	rgb(196, 68, 81)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 51.84, 20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 55.81, 21.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1548 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.163 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3197, 16.4676, 9.5756)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44451 #44C4B7

analogous

#C44491 #C44451 #C47744

triadic

#C44451 #51C444 #4451C4

tetradic

#C44451 #91C444 #44C4B7 #7744C4

square

#C44451 #91C444 #44C4B7 #7744C4

split-complementary

#C44451 #44C477 #4491C4

monochromatic

#6C2229 #9A313B #C44451 #D3737C #E1A1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C44451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C44451 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44451

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44451	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 68, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.163 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f81',
    500: '#c44451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44451;
$custom-light: #dc7f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.906,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56823,
    "c": 0.16288,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44451

secondary

#96CEC8

accent

#DBCD4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44451

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

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