#C44455#C44455

#C44455 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.163 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44455
RGB	rgb(196, 68, 85)
HSL	hsl(352, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(352, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 52.13, 18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 55.28, 19.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1564 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.163 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4742, 16.5294, 10.3890)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44455 #44C4B3

analogous

#C44495 #C44455 #C47344

triadic

#C44455 #55C444 #4455C4

tetradic

#C44455 #95C444 #44C4B3 #7344C4

square

#C44455 #95C444 #44C4B3 #7344C4

split-complementary

#C44455 #44C473 #4495C4

monochromatic

#6C222C #9A313F #C44455 #D3737F #E1A1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C44455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C44455 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44455

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44455	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 68, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.163 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f84',
    500: '#c44455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44455;
$custom-light: #dc7f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.031,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56908,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44455

secondary

#96CEC7

accent

#DBC84C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44455

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

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