#C55249#C55249

#C55249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.149 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55249
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 45.36, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 53.59, 32.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.1328 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.149 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2484, 18.3894, 8.4167)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55249 #49BCC5

analogous

#C5497E #C55249 #C59049

triadic

#C55249 #49C552 #5249C5

tetradic

#C55249 #7EC549 #49BCC5 #9049C5

square

#C55249 #7EC549 #49BCC5 #9049C5

split-complementary

#C55249 #49C590 #497EC5

monochromatic

#702924 #9E3A32 #C55249 #D47E77 #E3AAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#C55249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#C55249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55249

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55249	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.149 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd877c',
    500: '#c55249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55249;
$custom-light: #dd877c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.355,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.586,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55249

secondary

#9ACCD0

accent

#D1DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55249

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

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