#C44959#C44959

#C44959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.157 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44959
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(352, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(352, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 50.29, 17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 53.13, 18.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.1511 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.157 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9530, 17.2256, 11.3548)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44959 #49C4B4

analogous

#C44996 #C44959 #C47649

triadic

#C44959 #59C449 #4959C4

tetradic

#C44959 #96C449 #49C4B4 #7649C4

square

#C44959 #96C449 #49C4B4 #7649C4

split-complementary

#C44959 #49C476 #4996C4

monochromatic

#6F242E #9D3341 #C44959 #D37783 #E2A5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C44959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C44959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44959

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44959	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6334F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.157 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8287',
    500: '#c44959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44959;
$custom-light: #dc8287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.195,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57595,
    "c": 0.15705,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44959

secondary

#9ACFC8

accent

#DBC84D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44959

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

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