#C55041#C55041

#C55041 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.153 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55041
RGB	rgb(197, 80, 65)
HSL	hsl(7, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 45.81, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 56.20, 35.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.1327 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.153 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8514, 17.9928, 7.0590)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55041 #41B6C5

analogous

#C54174 #C55041 #C59241

triadic

#C55041 #41C550 #5041C5

tetradic

#C55041 #74C541 #41B6C5 #9241C5

square

#C55041 #74C541 #41B6C5 #9241C5

split-complementary

#C55041 #41C592 #4174C5

monochromatic

#6B2921 #9A3B2F #C55041 #D37B70 #E2A69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C55041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C55041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55041

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55041	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)

#6F663F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 80, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.153 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8576',
    500: '#c55041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55041;
$custom-light: #dd8576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.818,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58201,
    "c": 0.15292,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55041

secondary

#94C7CE

accent

#CCDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55041

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

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