#C44945#C44945

#C44945 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.158 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44945
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 69)
HSL	hsl(2, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 48.88, 28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 56.64, 30.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.1433 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.158 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2243, 16.9341, 7.5168)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44945 #45C0C4

analogous

#C44581 #C44945 #C48945

triadic

#C44945 #45C449 #4945C4

tetradic

#C44945 #81C445 #45C0C4 #8945C4

square

#C44945 #81C445 #45C0C4 #8945C4

split-complementary

#C44945 #45C489 #4581C4

monochromatic

#6C2522 #9B3431 #C44945 #D37673 #E1A4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C44945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C44945 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44945

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44945	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.158 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8179',
    500: '#c44945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44945;
$custom-light: #dd8179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.89,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57201,
    "c": 0.15845,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44945

secondary

#97CCCE

accent

#D7DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44945

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

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