#C44E45#C44E45

#C44E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.153 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44E45
RGB	rgb(196, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 46.62, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 55.25, 32.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1361 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.153 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5661, 17.6177, 7.6307)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44E45 #45BBC4

analogous

#C4457C #C44E45 #C48E45

triadic

#C44E45 #45C44E #4E45C4

tetradic

#C44E45 #7CC445 #45BBC4 #8E45C4

square

#C44E45 #7CC445 #45BBC4 #8E45C4

split-complementary

#C44E45 #45C48E #457CC4

monochromatic

#6C2822 #9B3931 #C44E45 #D37A73 #E1A6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#C44E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C44E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44E45

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44E45	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.153 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8479',
    500: '#c44e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44e45;
$custom-light: #dc8479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.252,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57843,
    "c": 0.1531,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44E45

secondary

#97CACE

accent

#D1DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44E45

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →