#C44D42#C44D42

#C44D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.155 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44D42
RGB	rgb(196, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 46.90, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 56.29, 33.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1364 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.155 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4048, 17.4404, 7.1291)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44D42 #42B9C4

analogous

#C44278 #C44D42 #C48E42

triadic

#C44D42 #42C44D #4D42C4

tetradic

#C44D42 #78C442 #42B9C4 #8E42C4

square

#C44D42 #78C442 #42B9C4 #8E42C4

split-complementary

#C44D42 #42C48E #4278C4

monochromatic

#6A2721 #993930 #C44D42 #D37971 #E1A59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C44D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C44D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44D42

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44D42	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.155 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8476',
    500: '#c44d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44d42;
$custom-light: #dd8476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57663,
    "c": 0.15472,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44D42

secondary

#94C9CE

accent

#D0DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44D42

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

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