#C55550#C55550

#C55550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.145 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55550
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(3, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 59.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 44.41, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 51.10, 29.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.1311 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.145 25)
XYZ	xyz(27.7249, 18.9499, 9.7856)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55550 #50C0C5

analogous

#C55086 #C55550 #C59050

triadic

#C55550 #50C555 #5550C5

tetradic

#C55550 #86C550 #50C0C5 #9050C5

square

#C55550 #86C550 #50C0C5 #9050C5

split-complementary

#C55550 #50C590 #5086C5

monochromatic

#742A26 #A23A36 #C55550 #D4827E #E3AEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C55550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C55550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55550

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55550	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D814D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.145 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8981',
    500: '#c55550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55550;
$custom-light: #dc8981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.564,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59139,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.18947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55550

secondary

#A0CFD1

accent

#D4DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55550

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

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