#C4544E#C4544E

#C4544E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.145 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4544E
RGB	rgb(196, 84, 78)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(3, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 44.38, 25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 51.41, 30.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.1308 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.145 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3128, 18.6299, 9.3639)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4544E #4EBEC4

analogous

#C44E83 #C4544E #C48F4E

triadic

#C4544E #4EC454 #544EC4

tetradic

#C4544E #83C44E #4EBEC4 #8F4EC4

square

#C4544E #83C44E #4EBEC4 #8F4EC4

split-complementary

#C4544E #4EC48F #4E83C4

monochromatic

#722A26 #A03B35 #C4544E #D3807C #E3ADAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C4544E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C4544E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4544E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4544E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4544E	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70694D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4544e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 84, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.145 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc887f',
    500: '#c4544e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4544e;
$custom-light: #dc887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4544e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.051,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58812,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4544E

secondary

#9ECED0

accent

#D2DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4544E

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

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