#C44F42#C44F42

#C44F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.153 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C44F42
RGB	rgb(196, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 45.97, 31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 55.76, 34.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1336 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.153 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5469, 17.7246, 7.1765)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C44F42 #42B7C4

analogous

#C44276 #C44F42 #C49042

triadic

#C44F42 #42C44F #4F42C4

tetradic

#C44F42 #76C442 #42B7C4 #9042C4

square

#C44F42 #76C442 #42B7C4 #9042C4

split-complementary

#C44F42 #42C490 #4276C4

monochromatic

#6A2921 #993A30 #C44F42 #D37A71 #E1A69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C44F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C44F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C44F42

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C44F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C44F42	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c44f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.153 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8577',
    500: '#c44f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c44f42;
$custom-light: #dd8577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c44f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57927,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C44F42

secondary

#94C8CE

accent

#CDDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C44F42

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

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