#C55043#C55043

#C55043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.153 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55043
RGB	rgb(197, 80, 67)
HSL	hsl(6, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 45.92, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 55.66, 34.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1335 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.153 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9103, 18.0164, 7.3696)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55043 #43B8C5

analogous

#C54377 #C55043 #C59143

triadic

#C55043 #43C550 #5043C5

tetradic

#C55043 #77C543 #43B8C5 #9143C5

square

#C55043 #77C543 #43B8C5 #9143C5

split-complementary

#C55043 #43C591 #4377C5

monochromatic

#6C2921 #9B3B30 #C55043 #D37C72 #E2A7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C55043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C55043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55043

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55043	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#6F6641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 80, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.153 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8577',
    500: '#c55043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55043;
$custom-light: #dd8577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58232,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55043

secondary

#95C9CE

accent

#CEDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55043

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

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