#C55340#C55340

#C55340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.150 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55340
RGB	rgb(197, 83, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 44.33, 33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 55.72, 37.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.128 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.15 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0472, 18.4305, 6.9827)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55340 #40B2C5

analogous

#C5406F #C55340 #C59540

triadic

#C55340 #40C553 #5340C5

tetradic

#C55340 #6FC540 #40B2C5 #9540C5

square

#C55340 #6FC540 #40B2C5 #9540C5

split-complementary

#C55340 #40C595 #406FC5

monochromatic

#6A2B20 #993E2F #C55340 #D37D6F #E2A89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C55340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C55340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55340

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55340	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 83, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.150 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8775',
    500: '#c55340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55340;
$custom-light: #dd8775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58595,
    "c": 0.15007,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55340

secondary

#93C5CE

accent

#C8DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55340

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

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