#C45554#C45554

#C45554 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.143 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45554
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 84)
HSL	hsl(1, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 57.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 44.35, 22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 49.86, 27.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1316 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.143 23)
XYZ	xyz(27.6160, 18.8762, 10.5750)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45554 #54C3C4

analogous

#C4548B #C45554 #C48D54

triadic

#C45554 #54C455 #5554C4

tetradic

#C45554 #8BC454 #54C3C4 #8D54C4

square

#C45554 #8BC454 #54C3C4 #8D54C4

split-complementary

#C45554 #54C48D #548BC4

monochromatic

#752928 #A33938 #C45554 #D48282 #E3AFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#C45554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#C45554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45554

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45554	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.143 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8984',
    500: '#c45554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45554;
$custom-light: #db8984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.536,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59066,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.18873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45554

secondary

#A2D1D1

accent

#D7D850

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45554

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

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