#C55055#C55055

#C55055 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.150 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55055
RGB	rgb(197, 80, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(357, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 47.15, 21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 51.73, 24.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.1405 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.15 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5367, 18.2670, 10.6684)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55055 #50C5C0

analogous

#C55090 #C55055 #C58650

triadic

#C55055 #55C550 #5055C5

tetradic

#C55055 #90C550 #50C5C0 #8650C5

square

#C55055 #90C550 #50C5C0 #8650C5

split-complementary

#C55055 #50C586 #5090C5

monochromatic

#74262A #A2363A #C55055 #D47E82 #E3ACAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C55055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C55055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55055

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55055	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 80, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.150 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8684',
    500: '#c55055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55055;
$custom-light: #dc8684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.436,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58558,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55055

secondary

#A0D1CF

accent

#DAD44E

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55055

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

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