#C54551#C54551

#C54551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.163 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54551
RGB	rgb(197, 69, 81)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 58.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 51.75, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 55.90, 22.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1544 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.163 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6418, 16.7242, 9.6082)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54551 #45C5B9

analogous

#C54591 #C54551 #C57945

triadic

#C54551 #51C545 #4551C5

tetradic

#C54551 #91C545 #45C5B9 #7945C5

square

#C54551 #91C545 #45C5B9 #7945C5

split-complementary

#C54551 #45C579 #4591C5

monochromatic

#6D2229 #9C313B #C54551 #D4747D #E2A2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#C54551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C54551 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54551

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54551	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 69, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.163 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7f81',
    500: '#c54551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54551;
$custom-light: #dd7f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.375,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57101,
    "c": 0.16283,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54551

secondary

#97CFCA

accent

#DCCE4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54551

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

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