#C44848#C44848

#C44848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.159 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44848
RGB	rgb(196, 72, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 49.51, 26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 56.24, 28.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1458 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.159 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2546, 16.8419, 7.9979)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44848 #48C4C4

analogous

#C44886 #C44848 #C48648

triadic

#C44848 #48C448 #4848C4

tetradic

#C44848 #86C448 #48C4C4 #8648C4

square

#C44848 #86C448 #48C4C4 #8648C4

split-complementary

#C44848 #48C486 #4886C4

monochromatic

#6E2323 #9C3232 #C44848 #D37676 #E2A5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C44848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C44848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44848

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44848	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 72, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.159 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd817b',
    500: '#c44848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44848;
$custom-light: #dd817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57129,
    "c": 0.15912,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44848

secondary

#99CFCF

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44848

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

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