#C44948#C44948

#C44948 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.158 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44948
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 49.07, 26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 55.96, 28.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1444 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.158 24)
XYZ	xyz(26.3197, 16.9723, 8.0197)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44948 #48C3C4

analogous

#C44885 #C44948 #C48748

triadic

#C44948 #48C449 #4948C4

tetradic

#C44948 #85C448 #48C3C4 #8748C4

square

#C44948 #85C448 #48C3C4 #8748C4

split-complementary

#C44948 #48C487 #4885C4

monochromatic

#6E2423 #9C3332 #C44948 #D37776 #E2A5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C44948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C44948 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44948

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44948	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.158 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc817b',
    500: '#c44948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44948;
$custom-light: #dc817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.484,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57253,
    "c": 0.15804,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.16969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44948

secondary

#99CECF

accent

#DADB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44948

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

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