#C44457#C44457

#C44457 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.163 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44457
RGB	rgb(196, 68, 87)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(351, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 52.29, 17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 55.05, 18.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1572 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.163 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5548, 16.5616, 10.8134)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44457 #44C4B1

analogous

#C44497 #C44457 #C47144

triadic

#C44457 #57C444 #4457C4

tetradic

#C44457 #97C444 #44C4B1 #7144C4

square

#C44457 #97C444 #44C4B1 #7144C4

split-complementary

#C44457 #44C471 #4497C4

monochromatic

#6C222D #9A3140 #C44457 #D37381 #E1A1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C44457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C44457 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44457

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44457	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 68, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.163 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f86',
    500: '#c44457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44457;
$custom-light: #dc7f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.094,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56953,
    "c": 0.1629,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44457

secondary

#96CEC6

accent

#DBC64C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44457

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

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