#C55440#C55440

#C55440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.149 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55440
RGB	rgb(197, 84, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 43.85, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 55.48, 37.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.1265 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.149 32)
XYZ	xyz(27.1243, 18.5846, 7.0084)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55440 #40B1C5

analogous

#C5406E #C55440 #C59740

triadic

#C55440 #40C554 #5440C5

tetradic

#C55440 #6EC540 #40B1C5 #9740C5

square

#C55440 #6EC540 #40B1C5 #9740C5

split-complementary

#C55440 #40C597 #406EC5

monochromatic

#6A2B20 #993F2F #C55440 #D37E6F #E2A89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C55440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C55440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55440

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55440	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 84, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.149 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8875',
    500: '#c55440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55440;
$custom-light: #dd8875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.023,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58733,
    "c": 0.14905,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.18581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55440

secondary

#93C5CE

accent

#C7DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55440

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

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