#C55442#C55442

#C55442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.149 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55442
RGB	rgb(197, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 43.97, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 54.90, 36.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1272 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.149 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1822, 18.6078, 7.3135)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55442 #42B3C5

analogous

#C54272 #C55442 #C59642

triadic

#C55442 #42C554 #5442C5

tetradic

#C55442 #72C542 #42B3C5 #9642C5

square

#C55442 #72C542 #42B3C5 #9642C5

split-complementary

#C55442 #42C596 #4272C5

monochromatic

#6C2B21 #9A3E2F #C55442 #D37E71 #E2A9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C55442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C55442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55442

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55442	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)

#726840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.149 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8877',
    500: '#c55442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55442;
$custom-light: #dd8877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.244,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58763,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55442

secondary

#95C6CE

accent

#C9DC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55442

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

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