#C55142#C55142

#C55142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.152 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55142
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 45.40, 32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 55.67, 35.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1317 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.152 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9544, 18.1521, 7.2375)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55142 #42B6C5

analogous

#C54275 #C55142 #C59342

triadic

#C55142 #42C551 #5142C5

tetradic

#C55142 #75C542 #42B6C5 #9342C5

square

#C55142 #75C542 #42B6C5 #9342C5

split-complementary

#C55142 #42C593 #4275C5

monochromatic

#6C2A21 #9A3C2F #C55142 #D37C71 #E2A7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C55142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C55142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55142

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55142	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)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C803F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.152 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8677',
    500: '#c55142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55142;
$custom-light: #dd8677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.87,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58351,
    "c": 0.15167,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55142

secondary

#95C8CE

accent

#CCDC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55142

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

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