#C44559#C44559

#C44559 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.162 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44559
RGB	rgb(196, 69, 89)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(351, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 52.02, 16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 54.51, 17.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1566 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.162 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6986, 16.7168, 11.2700)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44559 #45C4B0

analogous

#C44599 #C44559 #C47145

triadic

#C44559 #59C445 #4559C4

tetradic

#C44559 #99C445 #45C4B0 #7145C4

square

#C44559 #99C445 #45C4B0 #7145C4

split-complementary

#C44559 #45C471 #4599C4

monochromatic

#6C222E #9B3142 #C44559 #D37382 #E1A2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C44559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C44559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44559

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44559	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)

#646159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 69, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.162 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f87',
    500: '#c44559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44559;
$custom-light: #dc7f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.551,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57115,
    "c": 0.16181,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44559

secondary

#97CEC5

accent

#DBC54D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44559

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

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