#C44A42#C44A42

#C44A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.158 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44A42
RGB	rgb(196, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 48.26, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 57.09, 32.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1407 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.158 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.1997, 17.0302, 7.0607)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44A42 #42BCC4

analogous

#C4427B #C44A42 #C48B42

triadic

#C44A42 #42C44A #4A42C4

tetradic

#C44A42 #7BC442 #42BCC4 #8B42C4

square

#C44A42 #7BC442 #42BCC4 #8B42C4

split-complementary

#C44A42 #42C48B #427BC4

monochromatic

#6A2621 #993630 #C44A42 #D37771 #E1A39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#C44A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#C44A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44A42

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44A42	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.158 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8276',
    500: '#c44a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44a42;
$custom-light: #dd8276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57278,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.17027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44A42

secondary

#94CACE

accent

#D3DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44A42

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

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