#C55241#C55241

#C55241 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.151 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55241
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 65)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 44.86, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 55.69, 36.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1298 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.151 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0000, 18.2901, 7.1086)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55241 #41B4C5

analogous

#C54172 #C55241 #C59441

triadic

#C55241 #41C552 #5241C5

tetradic

#C55241 #72C541 #41B4C5 #9441C5

square

#C55241 #72C541 #41B4C5 #9441C5

split-complementary

#C55241 #41C594 #4172C5

monochromatic

#6B2A21 #9A3D2F #C55241 #D37D70 #E2A79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C55241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#C55241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55241

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55241	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)

#70673F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.151 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8776',
    500: '#c55241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55241;
$custom-light: #dd8776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.727,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58472,
    "c": 0.15086,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55241

secondary

#94C7CE

accent

#CADD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55241

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

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