#C44949#C44949

#C44949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.158 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44949
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 49.13, 26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 55.74, 28.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1448 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.158 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3526, 16.9854, 8.1929)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44949 #49C4C4

analogous

#C44986 #C44949 #C48649

triadic

#C44949 #49C449 #4949C4

tetradic

#C44949 #86C449 #49C4C4 #8649C4

square

#C44949 #86C449 #49C4C4 #8649C4

split-complementary

#C44949 #49C486 #4986C4

monochromatic

#6F2424 #9D3333 #C44949 #D37777 #E2A5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C44949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#C44949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44949

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44949	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.158 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc817b',
    500: '#c44949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44949;
$custom-light: #dc817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57271,
    "c": 0.15792,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44949

secondary

#9ACFCF

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44949

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

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