#C55152#C55152

#C55152 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.149 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55152
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 82)
HSL	hsl(359, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 58.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 46.45, 23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 51.93, 26.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1378 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.149 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4938, 18.3678, 10.0785)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55152 #51C5C4

analogous

#C5518C #C55152 #C58A51

triadic

#C55152 #52C551 #5152C5

tetradic

#C55152 #8CC551 #51C5C4 #8A51C5

square

#C55152 #8CC551 #51C5C4 #8A51C5

split-complementary

#C55152 #51C58A #518CC5

monochromatic

#752728 #A33637 #C55152 #D47F80 #E4ADAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#C55152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#C55152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55152

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55152	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B804F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.149 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8682',
    500: '#c55152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55152;
$custom-light: #dc8682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.483,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5863,
    "c": 0.149,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55152

secondary

#A0D1D1

accent

#DAD84E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55152

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

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