#C55359#C55359

#C55359 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.146 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55359
RGB	rgb(197, 83, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(357, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, 46.06, 19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 50.10, 23.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.1376 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.146 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9247, 18.7815, 11.6039)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55359 #53C5BF

analogous

#C55392 #C55359 #C58653

triadic

#C55359 #59C553 #5359C5

tetradic

#C55359 #92C553 #53C5BF #8653C5

square

#C55359 #92C553 #53C5BF #8653C5

split-complementary

#C55359 #53C586 #5392C5

monochromatic

#76282C #A4373D #C55359 #D48185 #E4AFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C55359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C55359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55359

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55359	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 83, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.146 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8887',
    500: '#c55359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55359;
$custom-light: #dc8887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59044,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55359

secondary

#A2D2CF

accent

#D9D24F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55359

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

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