#C5545B#C5545B

#C5545B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.145 H 18.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5545B
RGB	rgb(197, 84, 91)
HSL	hsl(356, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(356, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 53.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 45.74, 18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 49.46, 22.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.1369 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.145 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0869, 18.9697, 12.0779)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5545B #54C5BE

analogous

#C55494 #C5545B #C58554

triadic

#C5545B #5BC554 #545BC5

tetradic

#C5545B #94C554 #54C5BE #8554C5

square

#C5545B #94C554 #54C5BE #8554C5

split-complementary

#C5545B #54C585 #5494C5

monochromatic

#76282D #A4383E #C5545B #D58287 #E4AFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C5545B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C5545B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5545B

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5545B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5545B	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5545b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 84, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.145 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8889',
    500: '#c5545b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5545b;
$custom-light: #dc8889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5545b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.283,
    "s": 49.345,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59223,
    "c": 0.14472,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5545B

secondary

#A3D2CF

accent

#D9D04F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5545B

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

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