#C55342#C55342

#C55342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.150 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55342
RGB	rgb(197, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 44.45, 32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 55.16, 36.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% 0.1287 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.15 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1052, 18.4537, 7.2878)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55342 #42B4C5

analogous

#C54273 #C55342 #C59542

triadic

#C55342 #42C553 #5342C5

tetradic

#C55342 #73C542 #42B4C5 #9542C5

square

#C55342 #73C542 #42B4C5 #9542C5

split-complementary

#C55342 #42C595 #4273C5

monochromatic

#6C2B21 #9A3D2F #C55342 #D37E71 #E2A8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C55342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C55342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55342

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55342	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)

#716840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.150 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8777',
    500: '#c55342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55342;
$custom-light: #dd8777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.786,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58624,
    "c": 0.1496,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55342

secondary

#95C7CE

accent

#CADC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55342

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

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