#C55343#C55343

#C55343 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.149 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55343
RGB	rgb(197, 83, 67)
HSL	hsl(7, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 44.51, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 54.88, 35.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.1291 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.149 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1349, 18.4656, 7.4444)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55343 #43B5C5

analogous

#C54374 #C55343 #C59443

triadic

#C55343 #43C553 #5343C5

tetradic

#C55343 #74C543 #43B5C5 #9443C5

square

#C55343 #74C543 #43B5C5 #9443C5

split-complementary

#C55343 #43C594 #4374C5

monochromatic

#6C2B21 #9B3D30 #C55343 #D37E72 #E2A9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C55343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C55343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55343

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55343	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)

#716841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 83, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.149 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8777',
    500: '#c55343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55343;
$custom-light: #dd8777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.385,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5864,
    "c": 0.14937,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55343

secondary

#95C7CE

accent

#CADC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55343

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

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