#C55531#C55531

#C55531 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.152 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55531
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 49)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 42.62, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 59.94, 44.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1199 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.152 38)
XYZ	xyz(26.8316, 18.5926, 5.0810)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55531 #31A1C5

analogous

#C53157 #C55531 #C59F31

triadic

#C55531 #31C555 #5531C5

tetradic

#C55531 #57C531 #31A1C5 #9F31C5

square

#C55531 #57C531 #31A1C5 #9F31C5

split-complementary

#C55531 #31C59F #3157C5

monochromatic

#632B19 #944025 #C55531 #D77A5D #E3A28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C55531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C55531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55531

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55531	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)

#74682D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F812E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.152 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de886b',
    500: '#c55531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55531;
$custom-light: #de886b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.595,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58684,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.18589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55531

secondary

#85BCCD

accent

#BDE344

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55531

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

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