#C44E4E#C44E4E

#C44E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.152 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C44E4E
RGBrgb(196, 78, 78)
HSLhsl(0, 50%, 54%)
HSVhsv(0, 60%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 60.2%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(49.18, 47.21, 24.56)
CIE-LCHlch(49.18, 53.22, 27.49°)
OKLaboklab(58% 0.1396 0.0594)
OKLCHoklch(58% 0.152 23.1)
XYZxyz(26.8669, 17.7381, 9.2153)
Luminance0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C44E4E #4EC4C4
analogous
#C44E89 #C44E4E #C4894E
triadic
#C44E4E #4EC44E #4E4EC4
tetradic
#C44E4E #89C44E #4EC4C4 #894EC4
square
#C44E4E #89C44E #4EC4C4 #894EC4
split-complementary
#C44E4E #4EC489 #4E89C4
monochromatic
#722626 #A03535 #C44E4E #D37C7C #E3AAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62
#C44E4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55
#C44E4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44E4E
4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C44E4E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C44E4E1.004.624.554.62
#FFFFFF4.621.0021.001.00
#0000004.5521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.621.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6C654D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#897E4B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6384F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c44e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.152 23.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc847f',
    500: '#c44e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c44e4e;
$custom-light: #dc847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c44e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58002,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C44E4E
secondary
#9ED0D0
accent
#DADA4E
background
#FEF8F7
surface
#FCEFEE
border
#D5CAC9
text
#160B0A
muted
#847C7C

Preview Lab

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#C44E4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva