#C44A38#C44A38

#C44A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.160 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44A38
RGB	rgb(196, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 47.72, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 59.82, 37.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1371 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.16 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9302, 16.9224, 5.6416)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44A38 #38B2C4

analogous

#C4386C #C44A38 #C49038

triadic

#C44A38 #38C44A #4A38C4

tetradic

#C44A38 #6CC438 #38B2C4 #9038C4

square

#C44A38 #6CC438 #38B2C4 #9038C4

split-complementary

#C44A38 #38C490 #386CC4

monochromatic

#65261D #94382A #C44A38 #D37466 #E19F96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C44A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#C44A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44A38

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44A38	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)

#6B6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.160 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd826f',
    500: '#c44a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44a38;
$custom-light: #dd826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57132,
    "c": 0.15981,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44A38

secondary

#8CC4CC

accent

#CCDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44A38

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

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