#C44A40#C44A40

#C44A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.158 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44A40
RGB	rgb(196, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 48.14, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 57.60, 33.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.14 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.158 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1418, 17.0071, 6.7556)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44A40 #40BAC4

analogous

#C44078 #C44A40 #C48C40

triadic

#C44A40 #40C44A #4A40C4

tetradic

#C44A40 #78C440 #40BAC4 #8C40C4

square

#C44A40 #78C440 #40BAC4 #8C40C4

split-complementary

#C44A40 #40C48C #4078C4

monochromatic

#692620 #98372F #C44A40 #D2766F #E1A39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#C44A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#C44A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44A40

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44A40	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.158 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8275',
    500: '#c44a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44a40;
$custom-light: #dd8275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57246,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44A40

secondary

#93C9CD

accent

#D1DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44A40

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

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