#C44553#C44553

#C44553 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.162 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44553
RGB	rgb(196, 69, 83)
HSL	hsl(353, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(353, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 57.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 51.56, 19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 55.21, 20.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1542 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.162 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4568, 16.6201, 9.9968)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44553 #45C4B6

analogous

#C44593 #C44553 #C47745

triadic

#C44553 #53C445 #4553C4

tetradic

#C44553 #93C445 #45C4B6 #7745C4

square

#C44553 #93C445 #45C4B6 #7745C4

split-complementary

#C44553 #45C477 #4593C4

monochromatic

#6C222A #9B313D #C44553 #D3737E #E1A2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C44553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C44553 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44553

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44553	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)

#656153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 69, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.162 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f83',
    500: '#c44553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44553;
$custom-light: #dc7f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.386,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56982,
    "c": 0.16172,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44553

secondary

#97CEC8

accent

#DBCC4D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44553

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

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