#C44E42#C44E42

#C44E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.154 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44E42
RGB	rgb(196, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 46.44, 31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 56.02, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.135 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.154 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4753, 17.5814, 7.1526)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44E42 #42B8C4

analogous

#C44277 #C44E42 #C48F42

triadic

#C44E42 #42C44E #4E42C4

tetradic

#C44E42 #77C442 #42B8C4 #8F42C4

square

#C44E42 #77C442 #42B8C4 #8F42C4

split-complementary

#C44E42 #42C48F #4277C4

monochromatic

#6A2821 #993930 #C44E42 #D37A71 #E1A59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C44E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C44E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44E42

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44E42	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.154 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8476',
    500: '#c44e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44e42;
$custom-light: #dd8476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.538,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57795,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44E42

secondary

#94C8CE

accent

#CFDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44E42

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

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