#C55049#C55049

#C55049 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.151 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55049
RGB	rgb(197, 80, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, 46.30, 28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 54.15, 31.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.1358 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.151 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0998, 18.0922, 8.3671)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55049 #49BEC5

analogous

#C54980 #C55049 #C58E49

triadic

#C55049 #49C550 #5049C5

tetradic

#C55049 #80C549 #49BEC5 #8E49C5

square

#C55049 #80C549 #49BEC5 #8E49C5

split-complementary

#C55049 #49C58E #4980C5

monochromatic

#702824 #9E3932 #C55049 #D47D77 #E3A9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#C55049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#C55049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55049

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55049	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 80, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.151 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd857c',
    500: '#c55049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55049;
$custom-light: #dd857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.387,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58331,
    "c": 0.15138,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55049

secondary

#9ACDD0

accent

#D3DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55049

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

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