#C44A49#C44A49

#C44A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.157 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44A49
RGB	rgb(196, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 48.69, 26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 55.45, 28.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1434 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.157 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4189, 17.1179, 8.2149)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44A49 #49C3C4

analogous

#C44985 #C44A49 #C48849

triadic

#C44A49 #49C44A #4A49C4

tetradic

#C44A49 #85C449 #49C3C4 #8849C4

square

#C44A49 #85C449 #49C3C4 #8849C4

split-complementary

#C44A49 #49C488 #4985C4

monochromatic

#6F2424 #9D3433 #C44A49 #D37877 #E2A6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C44A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C44A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44A49

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44A49	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.157 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc827b',
    500: '#c44a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44a49;
$custom-light: #dc827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.488,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57396,
    "c": 0.15682,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44A49

secondary

#9ACFCF

accent

#D9DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44A49

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

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