#C55255#C55255

#C55255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.148 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55255
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(358, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 46.21, 21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 51.07, 25.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.1375 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.148 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6853, 18.5642, 10.7179)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55255 #52C5C2

analogous

#C5528E #C55255 #C58952

triadic

#C55255 #55C552 #5255C5

tetradic

#C55255 #8EC552 #52C5C2 #8952C5

square

#C55255 #8EC552 #52C5C2 #8952C5

split-complementary

#C55255 #52C589 #528EC5

monochromatic

#752729 #A3373A #C55255 #D48082 #E4AEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#C55255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#C55255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55255

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55255	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.148 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8784',
    500: '#c55255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55255;
$custom-light: #dc8784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.435,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58825,
    "c": 0.14753,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55255

secondary

#A1D2D0

accent

#D9D64E

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55255

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

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