#C44557#C44557

#C44557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.162 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44557
RGB	rgb(196, 69, 87)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(351, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, 51.86, 17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 54.71, 18.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1558 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.162 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6157, 16.6836, 10.8337)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44557 #45C4B2

analogous

#C44597 #C44557 #C47345

triadic

#C44557 #57C445 #4557C4

tetradic

#C44557 #97C445 #45C4B2 #7345C4

square

#C44557 #97C445 #45C4B2 #7345C4

split-complementary

#C44557 #45C473 #4597C4

monochromatic

#6C222D #9B3140 #C44557 #D37381 #E1A2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C44557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C44557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44557

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44557	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 69, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.162 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f86',
    500: '#c44557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44557;
$custom-light: #dc7f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.496,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57069,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44557

secondary

#97CEC6

accent

#DBC74D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44557

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

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