#C55541#C55541

#C55541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.148 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55541
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, 43.43, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 54.94, 37.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.1253 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.148 32)
XYZ	xyz(27.2312, 18.7525, 7.1856)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55541 #41B1C5

analogous

#C5416F #C55541 #C59741

triadic

#C55541 #41C555 #5541C5

tetradic

#C55541 #6FC541 #41B1C5 #9741C5

square

#C55541 #6FC541 #41B1C5 #9741C5

split-complementary

#C55541 #41C597 #416FC5

monochromatic

#6B2C21 #9A3F2F #C55541 #D37F70 #E2A99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C55541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C55541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55541

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55541	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72693F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.148 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8876',
    500: '#c55541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55541;
$custom-light: #dd8876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.091,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58888,
    "c": 0.14779,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.18749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55541

secondary

#94C5CE

accent

#C7DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55541

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

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