#C55040#C55040

#C55040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.153 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55040
RGB	rgb(197, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 45.75, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 56.48, 35.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.1324 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.153 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8227, 17.9814, 6.9078)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55040 #40B5C5

analogous

#C54072 #C55040 #C59240

triadic

#C55040 #40C550 #5040C5

tetradic

#C55040 #72C540 #40B5C5 #9240C5

square

#C55040 #72C540 #40B5C5 #9240C5

split-complementary

#C55040 #40C592 #4072C5

monochromatic

#6A2920 #993B2F #C55040 #D37B6F #E2A69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C55040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C55040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55040

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55040	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.153 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8575',
    500: '#c55040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55040;
$custom-light: #dd8575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.218,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58186,
    "c": 0.15314,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55040

secondary

#93C7CE

accent

#CBDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55040

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

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