#C44459#C44459

#C44459 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.163 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44459
RGB	rgb(196, 68, 89)
HSL	hsl(350, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(350, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 52.44, 16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 54.85, 17.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.1579 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.163 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6376, 16.5948, 11.2497)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44459 #44C4AF

analogous

#C44499 #C44459 #C46F44

triadic

#C44459 #59C444 #4459C4

tetradic

#C44459 #99C444 #44C4AF #6F44C4

square

#C44459 #99C444 #44C4AF #6F44C4

split-complementary

#C44459 #44C46F #4499C4

monochromatic

#6C222E #9A3142 #C44459 #D37382 #E1A1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C44459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C44459 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44459

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44459	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 68, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.163 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f87',
    500: '#c44459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44459;
$custom-light: #dc7f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.156,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56998,
    "c": 0.16298,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44459

secondary

#96CEC5

accent

#DBC44C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44459

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

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