#C44E2A#C44E2A

#C44E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.159 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44E2A
RGB	rgb(196, 78, 42)
HSL	hsl(14, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 45.30, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 63.23, 44.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1269 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.159 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9100, 17.3553, 4.1756)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44E2A #2AA0C4

analogous

#C42A53 #C44E2A #C49B2A

triadic

#C44E2A #2AC44E #4E2AC4

tetradic

#C44E2A #53C42A #2AA0C4 #9B2AC4

square

#C44E2A #53C42A #2AA0C4 #9B2AC4

split-complementary

#C44E2A #2AC49B #2A53C4

monochromatic

#5F2614 #923A1F #C44E2A #DA7151 #E59A84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C44E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C44E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44E2A

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44E2A	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 78, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.159 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8466',
    500: '#c44e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44e2a;
$custom-light: #de8466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.026,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57494,
    "c": 0.15928,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44E2A

secondary

#7CBBCE

accent

#C1E840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44E2A

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