#C44541#C44541

#C44541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.163 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44541
RGB	rgb(196, 69, 65)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 50.39, 30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 58.68, 30.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1472 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.163 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8498, 16.3773, 6.7999)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44541 #41C0C4

analogous

#C4417E #C44541 #C48641

triadic

#C44541 #41C445 #4541C4

tetradic

#C44541 #7EC441 #41C0C4 #8641C4

square

#C44541 #7EC441 #41C0C4 #8641C4

split-complementary

#C44541 #41C486 #417EC4

monochromatic

#6A2321 #98332F #C44541 #D37370 #E1A09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#C44541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#C44541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44541

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44541	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 69, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.163 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7f76',
    500: '#c44541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44541;
$custom-light: #dd7f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.832,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56648,
    "c": 0.16323,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44541

secondary

#93CCCD

accent

#D8DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44541

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

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