#C55140#C55140

#C55140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.152 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55140
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 45.28, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 56.23, 36.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.1309 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.152 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8964, 18.1289, 6.9324)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55140 #40B4C5

analogous

#C54071 #C55140 #C59340

triadic

#C55140 #40C551 #5140C5

tetradic

#C55140 #71C540 #40B4C5 #9340C5

square

#C55140 #71C540 #40B4C5 #9340C5

split-complementary

#C55140 #40C593 #4071C5

monochromatic

#6A2A20 #993C2F #C55140 #D37C6F #E2A79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C55140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C55140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55140

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55140	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70663E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C803D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.152 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8675',
    500: '#c55140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55140;
$custom-light: #dd8675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.669,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58321,
    "c": 0.15212,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55140

secondary

#93C6CE

accent

#CADD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55140

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

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