#C55261#C55261

#C55261 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.147 H 14.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55261
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 97)
HSL	hsl(352, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(352, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 50.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 47.21, 14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 49.51, 17.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.1423 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.147 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2031, 18.7713, 13.4450)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55261 #52C5B6

analogous

#C5529B #C55261 #C57D52

triadic

#C55261 #61C552 #5261C5

tetradic

#C55261 #9BC552 #52C5B6 #7D52C5

square

#C55261 #9BC552 #52C5B6 #7D52C5

split-complementary

#C55261 #52C57D #529BC5

monochromatic

#752731 #A33745 #C55261 #D4808B #E4AEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C55261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C55261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55261

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55261	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89815E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.147 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db878d',
    500: '#c55261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55261;
$custom-light: #db878d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.174,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59089,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55261

secondary

#A1D2CB

accent

#D9C74E

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55261

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

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