#C44548#C44548

#C44548 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.162 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44548
RGB	rgb(196, 69, 72)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 50.81, 26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 57.11, 27.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.1499 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.162 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0653, 16.4635, 7.9349)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44548 #45C4C1

analogous

#C44587 #C44548 #C48245

triadic

#C44548 #48C445 #4548C4

tetradic

#C44548 #87C445 #45C4C1 #8245C4

square

#C44548 #87C445 #45C4C1 #8245C4

split-complementary

#C44548 #45C482 #4587C4

monochromatic

#6C2224 #9B3134 #C44548 #D37376 #E1A2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C44548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C44548 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44548

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44548	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 69, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.162 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7f7b',
    500: '#c44548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44548;
$custom-light: #dd7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.583,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56767,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44548

secondary

#97CECD

accent

#DBD84D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44548

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

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