#C44538#C44538

#C44538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.165 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44538
RGB	rgb(196, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 49.92, 35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 61.04, 35.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.144 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.165 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6096, 16.2812, 5.5347)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44538 #38B7C4

analogous

#C43871 #C44538 #C48B38

triadic

#C44538 #38C445 #4538C4

tetradic

#C44538 #71C438 #38B7C4 #8B38C4

square

#C44538 #71C438 #38B7C4 #8B38C4

split-complementary

#C44538 #38C48B #3871C4

monochromatic

#65231D #94342A #C44538 #D37066 #E19D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#C44538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#C44538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44538

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44538	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.165 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7f6f',
    500: '#c44538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44538;
$custom-light: #de7f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56514,
    "c": 0.16473,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44538

secondary

#8CC6CC

accent

#D1DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44538

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

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