#C44940#C44940

#C44940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.159 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44940
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 48.59, 31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 57.87, 32.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1414 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.159 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0755, 16.8746, 6.7335)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44940 #40BBC4

analogous

#C44079 #C44940 #C48B40

triadic

#C44940 #40C449 #4940C4

tetradic

#C44940 #79C440 #40BBC4 #8B40C4

square

#C44940 #79C440 #40BBC4 #8B40C4

split-complementary

#C44940 #40C48B #4079C4

monochromatic

#692520 #98362F #C44940 #D2766F #E1A29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C44940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C44940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44940

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44940	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.159 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8175',
    500: '#c44940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44940;
$custom-light: #dd8175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57121,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44940

secondary

#93C9CD

accent

#D2DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44940

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

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