#C44B48#C44B48

#C44B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.156 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44B48
RGB	rgb(196, 75, 72)
HSL	hsl(1, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 48.17, 27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 55.38, 29.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1416 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.156 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4533, 17.2393, 8.0642)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44B48 #48C1C4

analogous

#C44883 #C44B48 #C48948

triadic

#C44B48 #48C44B #4B48C4

tetradic

#C44B48 #83C448 #48C1C4 #8948C4

square

#C44B48 #83C448 #48C1C4 #8948C4

split-complementary

#C44B48 #48C489 #4883C4

monochromatic

#6E2523 #9C3532 #C44B48 #D37976 #E2A6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C44B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C44B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44B48

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44B48	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 75, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.156 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc827b',
    500: '#c44b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44b48;
$custom-light: #dc827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.452,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57505,
    "c": 0.15586,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44B48

secondary

#99CECF

accent

#D7DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44B48

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

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