#C44E38#C44E38

#C44E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.156 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C44E38
RGBrgb(196, 78, 56)
HSLhsl(9, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(9, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 60.2%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(48.85, 45.90, 36.85)
CIE-LCHlch(48.85, 58.86, 38.76°)
OKLaboklab(57.65% 0.1314 0.0838)
OKLCHoklch(57.65% 0.156 32.5)
XYZxyz(26.2058, 17.4736, 5.7334)
Luminance0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C44E38 #38AEC4
analogous
#C43868 #C44E38 #C49438
triadic
#C44E38 #38C44E #4E38C4
tetradic
#C44E38 #68C438 #38AEC4 #9438C4
square
#C44E38 #68C438 #38AEC4 #9438C4
split-complementary
#C44E38 #38C494 #3868C4
monochromatic
#65281D #943B2A #C44E38 #D37766 #E1A196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67
#C44E38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49
#C44E38 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44E38
4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C44E38#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C44E381.004.674.494.67
#FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00
#0000004.4921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6E6435
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8B7E35
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D73349
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c44e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.156 32.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd846f',
    500: '#c44e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c44e38;
$custom-light: #dd846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c44e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57652,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C44E38
secondary
#8CC2CC
accent
#C7DF49
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FDEFEC
border
#D5CAC7
text
#160B07
muted
#847C7A

Preview Lab

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#C44E38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva