#C44A36#C44A36

#C44A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.160 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44A36
RGB	rgb(196, 74, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 47.63, 37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 60.40, 37.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1364 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.16 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8823, 16.9033, 5.3891)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44A36 #36B0C4

analogous

#C43669 #C44A36 #C49136

triadic

#C44A36 #36C44A #4A36C4

tetradic

#C44A36 #69C436 #36B0C4 #9136C4

square

#C44A36 #69C436 #36B0C4 #9136C4

split-complementary

#C44A36 #36C491 #3669C4

monochromatic

#64261C #943829 #C44A36 #D47363 #E19E93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C44A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#C44A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44A36

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44A36	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 74, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.160 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd826e',
    500: '#c44a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44a36;
$custom-light: #dd826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.451,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57106,
    "c": 0.16024,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44A36

secondary

#89C3CC

accent

#CBE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44A36

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

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