#C5545E#C5545E

#C5545E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.145 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5545E
RGB	rgb(197, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(355, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(355, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 52.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 46.00, 17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 49.08, 20.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.1381 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.145 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2189, 19.0225, 12.7732)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5545E #54C5BB

analogous

#C55497 #C5545E #C58254

triadic

#C5545E #5EC554 #545EC5

tetradic

#C5545E #97C554 #54C5BB #8254C5

square

#C5545E #97C554 #54C5BB #8254C5

split-complementary

#C5545E #54C582 #5497C5

monochromatic

#76282F #A43841 #C5545E #D58289 #E4AFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#C5545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C5545E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5545E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5545E	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A815B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.145 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc888b',
    500: '#c5545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5545e;
$custom-light: #dc888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.69,
    "s": 49.345,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5929,
    "c": 0.14463,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5545E

secondary

#A3D2CE

accent

#D9CD4F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5545E

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

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