#C55545#C55545

#C55545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.147 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55545
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 43.67, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 53.81, 35.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1268 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.147 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3512, 18.8005, 7.8176)
Luminance	0.1880 (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

#C55545 #45B5C5

analogous

#C54575 #C55545 #C59545

triadic

#C55545 #45C555 #5545C5

tetradic

#C55545 #75C545 #45B5C5 #9545C5

square

#C55545 #75C545 #45B5C5 #9545C5

split-complementary

#C55545 #45C595 #4575C5

monochromatic

#6D2C22 #9C3E31 #C55545 #D48074 #E2AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C55545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C55545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55545

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55545	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)

#726943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.147 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8879',
    500: '#c55545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55545;
$custom-light: #dd8879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58949,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55545

secondary

#97C8CF

accent

#CADC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55545

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

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