#C44551#C44551

#C44551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.162 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44551
RGB	rgb(196, 69, 81)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 51.42, 20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 55.50, 22.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1535 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.162 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3807, 16.5896, 9.5959)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44551 #45C4B8

analogous

#C44590 #C44551 #C47945

triadic

#C44551 #51C445 #4551C4

tetradic

#C44551 #90C445 #45C4B8 #7945C4

square

#C44551 #90C445 #45C4B8 #7945C4

split-complementary

#C44551 #45C479 #4590C4

monochromatic

#6C2229 #9B313B #C44551 #D3737C #E1A2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C44551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C44551 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44551

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44551	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 69, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.162 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f81',
    500: '#c44551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44551;
$custom-light: #dc7f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.331,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5694,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44551

secondary

#97CEC9

accent

#DBCE4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44551

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

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