#C55544#C55544

#C55544 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.147 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55544
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 68)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 43.61, 32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 54.09, 36.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.1264 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.147 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3204, 18.7882, 7.6555)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55544 #44B4C5

analogous

#C54474 #C55544 #C59644

triadic

#C55544 #44C555 #5544C5

tetradic

#C55544 #74C544 #44B4C5 #9644C5

square

#C55544 #74C544 #44B4C5 #9644C5

split-complementary

#C55544 #44C596 #4474C5

monochromatic

#6D2C22 #9C3E30 #C55544 #D37F73 #E2AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C55544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C55544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55544

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55544	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)

#726942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.147 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8878',
    500: '#c55544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55544;
$custom-light: #dd8878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.907,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58934,
    "c": 0.14706,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55544

secondary

#96C7CF

accent

#C9DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55544

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

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