#C44C38#C44C38

#C44C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.158 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44C38
RGB	rgb(196, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 46.82, 36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 59.34, 37.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1343 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.158 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0659, 17.1937, 5.6868)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44C38 #38B0C4

analogous

#C4386A #C44C38 #C49238

triadic

#C44C38 #38C44C #4C38C4

tetradic

#C44C38 #6AC438 #38B0C4 #9238C4

square

#C44C38 #6AC438 #38B0C4 #9238C4

split-complementary

#C44C38 #38C492 #386AC4

monochromatic

#65271D #943A2A #C44C38 #D37666 #E1A096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C44C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C44C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44C38

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44C38	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.158 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd836f',
    500: '#c44c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44c38;
$custom-light: #dd836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57389,
    "c": 0.15783,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44C38

secondary

#8CC3CC

accent

#C9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44C38

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

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