#C44849#C44849

#C44849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.159 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44849
RGB	rgb(196, 72, 73)
HSL	hsl(360, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(360, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 49.57, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 56.03, 27.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.1462 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.159 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2875, 16.8551, 8.1711)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44849 #48C4C3

analogous

#C44887 #C44849 #C48548

triadic

#C44849 #49C448 #4849C4

tetradic

#C44849 #87C448 #48C4C3 #8548C4

square

#C44849 #87C448 #48C4C3 #8548C4

split-complementary

#C44849 #48C485 #4887C4

monochromatic

#6E2324 #9C3233 #C44849 #D37677 #E2A5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C44849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C44849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44849

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44849	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)

#686148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 72, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.159 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc817b',
    500: '#c44849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44849;
$custom-light: #dc817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.516,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57147,
    "c": 0.15901,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44849

secondary

#99CFCE

accent

#DBDA4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44849

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

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