#C55451#C55451

#C55451 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.146 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55451
RGB	rgb(197, 84, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 58.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 44.96, 24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 51.20, 28.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.133 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.146 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6839, 18.8085, 9.9556)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55451 #51C2C5

analogous

#C55188 #C55451 #C58E51

triadic

#C55451 #51C554 #5451C5

tetradic

#C55451 #88C551 #51C2C5 #8E51C5

square

#C55451 #88C551 #51C2C5 #8E51C5

split-complementary

#C55451 #51C58E #5188C5

monochromatic

#752927 #A33936 #C55451 #D4817F #E4AEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C55451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C55451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55451

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55451	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	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)

#706950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 84, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.146 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8882',
    500: '#c55451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55451;
$custom-light: #dc8882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.552,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59019,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55451

secondary

#A0D0D1

accent

#D6DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55451

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

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