#C44544#C44544

#C44544 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.163 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44544
RGB	rgb(196, 69, 68)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 50.56, 28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 57.98, 29.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% 0.1484 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.163 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9391, 16.4130, 7.2699)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44544 #44C3C4

analogous

#C44483 #C44544 #C48544

triadic

#C44544 #44C445 #4544C4

tetradic

#C44544 #83C444 #44C3C4 #8544C4

square

#C44544 #83C444 #44C3C4 #8544C4

split-complementary

#C44544 #44C485 #4483C4

monochromatic

#6C2322 #9A3131 #C44544 #D37373 #E1A2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#C44544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#C44544 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44544

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44544	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 69, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.163 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7f78',
    500: '#c44544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44544;
$custom-light: #dd7f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.469,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56697,
    "c": 0.16282,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44544

secondary

#96CECE

accent

#DADB4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44544

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

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