#C44A45#C44A45

#C44A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.157 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44A45
RGB	rgb(196, 74, 69)
HSL	hsl(2, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 48.44, 28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 56.36, 30.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1419 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.157 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2905, 17.0665, 7.5388)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44A45 #45BFC4

analogous

#C44580 #C44A45 #C48A45

triadic

#C44A45 #45C44A #4A45C4

tetradic

#C44A45 #80C445 #45BFC4 #8A45C4

square

#C44A45 #80C445 #45BFC4 #8A45C4

split-complementary

#C44A45 #45C48A #4580C4

monochromatic

#6C2522 #9B3531 #C44A45 #D37773 #E1A4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#C44A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#C44A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44A45

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44A45	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 74, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.157 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8279',
    500: '#c44a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44a45;
$custom-light: #dd8279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.362,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57327,
    "c": 0.15738,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44A45

secondary

#97CCCE

accent

#D6DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44A45

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

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