#C44C42#C44C42

#C44C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.156 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44C42
RGB	rgb(196, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 47.35, 30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 56.56, 33.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1379 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.156 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3354, 17.3015, 7.1060)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44C42 #42BAC4

analogous

#C44279 #C44C42 #C48D42

triadic

#C44C42 #42C44C #4C42C4

tetradic

#C44C42 #79C442 #42BAC4 #8D42C4

square

#C44C42 #79C442 #42BAC4 #8D42C4

split-complementary

#C44C42 #42C48D #4279C4

monochromatic

#6A2721 #993830 #C44C42 #D37871 #E1A49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#C44C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#C44C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44C42

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44C42	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.156 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8376',
    500: '#c44c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44c42;
$custom-light: #dd8376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57533,
    "c": 0.15577,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44C42

secondary

#94C9CE

accent

#D1DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44C42

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

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