#C4454B#C4454B

#C4454B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.162 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4454B
RGB	rgb(196, 69, 75)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 61.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 51.00, 24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 56.52, 25.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1511 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.162 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1656, 16.5036, 8.4629)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4454B #45C4BE

analogous

#C4458B #C4454B #C47E45

triadic

#C4454B #4BC445 #454BC4

tetradic

#C4454B #8BC445 #45C4BE #7E45C4

square

#C4454B #8BC445 #45C4BE #7E45C4

split-complementary

#C4454B #45C47E #458BC4

monochromatic

#6C2226 #9B3136 #C4454B #D37378 #E1A2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C4454B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C4454B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4454B

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4454B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4454B	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66604A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4454b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 69, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.162 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f7d',
    500: '#c4454b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4454b;
$custom-light: #dc7f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4454b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.165,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56822,
    "c": 0.16209,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4454B

secondary

#97CECC

accent

#DBD54D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4454B

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

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