#C55355#C55355

#C55355 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.146 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55355
RGB	rgb(197, 83, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 45.74, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 50.75, 25.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.136 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.146 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7613, 18.7161, 10.7432)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55355 #53C5C3

analogous

#C5538E #C55355 #C58A53

triadic

#C55355 #55C553 #5355C5

tetradic

#C55355 #8EC553 #53C5C3 #8A53C5

square

#C55355 #8EC553 #53C5C3 #8A53C5

split-complementary

#C55355 #53C58A #538EC5

monochromatic

#762829 #A43739 #C55355 #D48182 #E4AFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C55355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C55355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55355

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55355	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 83, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.146 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8784',
    500: '#c55355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55355;
$custom-light: #dc8784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.947,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5896,
    "c": 0.14635,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55355

secondary

#A2D2D1

accent

#D9D74F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55355

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

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