#C44555#C44555

#C44555 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.162 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44555
RGB	rgb(196, 69, 85)
HSL	hsl(352, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(352, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 51.71, 18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 54.95, 19.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% 0.155 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.162 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5352, 16.6514, 10.4093)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44555 #45C4B4

analogous

#C44595 #C44555 #C47545

triadic

#C44555 #55C445 #4555C4

tetradic

#C44555 #95C445 #45C4B4 #7545C4

square

#C44555 #95C445 #45C4B4 #7545C4

split-complementary

#C44555 #45C475 #4595C4

monochromatic

#6C222C #9B313E #C44555 #D3737F #E1A2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#C44555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#C44555 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44555

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44555	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 69, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.162 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f84',
    500: '#c44555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44555;
$custom-light: #dc7f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.441,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57025,
    "c": 0.1617,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44555

secondary

#97CEC7

accent

#DBC94D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44555

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

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