#C55553#C55553

#C55553 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.144 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55553
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 57.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 44.63, 23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 50.48, 27.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.1323 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.144 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8382, 18.9953, 10.3824)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55553 #53C3C5

analogous

#C5538A #C55553 #C58E53

triadic

#C55553 #53C555 #5553C5

tetradic

#C55553 #8AC553 #53C3C5 #8E53C5

square

#C55553 #8AC553 #53C3C5 #8E53C5

split-complementary

#C55553 #53C58E #538AC5

monochromatic

#762928 #A43937 #C55553 #D48281 #E4AFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C55553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C55553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55553

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55553	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.144 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8983',
    500: '#c55553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55553;
$custom-light: #dc8983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.053,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59196,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55553

secondary

#A2D1D2

accent

#D7D94F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55553

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

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