#C54557#C54557

#C54557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.163 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54557
RGB	rgb(197, 69, 87)
HSL	hsl(352, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(352, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 52.19, 17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 55.11, 18.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.1568 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.163 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8768, 16.8182, 10.8459)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54557 #45C5B3

analogous

#C54597 #C54557 #C57345

triadic

#C54557 #57C545 #4557C5

tetradic

#C54557 #97C545 #45C5B3 #7345C5

square

#C54557 #97C545 #45C5B3 #7345C5

split-complementary

#C54557 #45C573 #4597C5

monochromatic

#6D222D #9C3140 #C54557 #D47481 #E2A2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C54557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C54557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54557

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54557	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 69, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.163 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8086',
    500: '#c54557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54557;
$custom-light: #dd8086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.563,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5723,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54557

secondary

#97CFC7

accent

#DCC84C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54557

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

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