#C55045#C55045

#C55045 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.152 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55045
RGB	rgb(197, 80, 69)
HSL	hsl(5, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 46.04, 30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 55.14, 33.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.1342 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.152 28)
XYZ	xyz(26.9714, 18.0408, 7.6910)
Luminance	0.1804 (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

#C55045 #45BAC5

analogous

#C5457A #C55045 #C59045

triadic

#C55045 #45C550 #5045C5

tetradic

#C55045 #7AC545 #45BAC5 #9045C5

square

#C55045 #7AC545 #45BAC5 #9045C5

split-complementary

#C55045 #45C590 #457AC5

monochromatic

#6D2922 #9C3A31 #C55045 #D47C74 #E2A8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C55045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#C55045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55045

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55045	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 80, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.152 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8579',
    500: '#c55045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55045;
$custom-light: #dd8579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.156,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58264,
    "c": 0.1521,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.18037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55045

secondary

#97CACF

accent

#D0DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55045

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

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