#C44B42#C44B42

#C44B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.157 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44B42
RGB	rgb(196, 75, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 47.81, 30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 56.82, 32.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1393 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.157 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2670, 17.1648, 7.0832)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44B42 #42BBC4

analogous

#C4427A #C44B42 #C48C42

triadic

#C44B42 #42C44B #4B42C4

tetradic

#C44B42 #7AC442 #42BBC4 #8C42C4

square

#C44B42 #7AC442 #42BBC4 #8C42C4

split-complementary

#C44B42 #42C48C #427AC4

monochromatic

#6A2621 #993730 #C44B42 #D37771 #E1A49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#C44B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#C44B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44B42

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44B42	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 75, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.157 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8276',
    500: '#c44b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44b42;
$custom-light: #dd8276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57405,
    "c": 0.15682,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44B42

secondary

#94CACE

accent

#D2DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44B42

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

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