#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
RGB	rgb(196, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 45.90, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 58.86, 38.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1314 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.156 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2058, 17.4736, 5.7334)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##C44E38	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C44E38

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

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