#C44938#C44938

#C44938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.161 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44938
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 48.17, 35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 60.06, 36.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.1385 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.161 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8640, 16.7900, 5.6195)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44938 #38B3C4

analogous

#C4386D #C44938 #C48F38

triadic

#C44938 #38C449 #4938C4

tetradic

#C44938 #6DC438 #38B3C4 #8F38C4

square

#C44938 #6DC438 #38B3C4 #8F38C4

split-complementary

#C44938 #38C48F #386DC4

monochromatic

#65261D #94372A #C44938 #D37366 #E19F96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C44938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C44938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44938

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44938	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.161 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd816f',
    500: '#c44938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44938;
$custom-light: #dd816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57005,
    "c": 0.16079,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44938

secondary

#8CC4CC

accent

#CDDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44938

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

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