#C55240#C55240

#C55240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.151 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55240
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 44.81, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 55.97, 36.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.1294 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.151 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9713, 18.2786, 6.9573)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55240 #40B3C5

analogous

#C54070 #C55240 #C59440

triadic

#C55240 #40C552 #5240C5

tetradic

#C55240 #70C540 #40B3C5 #9440C5

square

#C55240 #70C540 #40B3C5 #9440C5

split-complementary

#C55240 #40C594 #4070C5

monochromatic

#6A2A20 #993D2F #C55240 #D37D6F #E2A79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C55240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#C55240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55240

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55240	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70673E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.151 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8775',
    500: '#c55240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55240;
$custom-light: #dd8775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.12,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58457,
    "c": 0.15109,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55240

secondary

#93C6CE

accent

#C9DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55240

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

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