#C55561#C55561

#C55561 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.143 H 16.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55561
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 97)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 50.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 45.79, 15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 48.39, 18.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.1378 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.143 16)
XYZ	xyz(28.4343, 19.2337, 13.5220)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55561 #55C5B9

analogous

#C55599 #C55561 #C58155

triadic

#C55561 #61C555 #5561C5

tetradic

#C55561 #99C555 #55C5B9 #8155C5

square

#C55561 #99C555 #55C5B9 #8155C5

split-complementary

#C55561 #55C581 #5599C5

monochromatic

#772931 #A53844 #C55561 #D5838B #E4B0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C55561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C55561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55561

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55561	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A825E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.143 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db898d',
    500: '#c55561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55561;
$custom-light: #db898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.571,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59496,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.1923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55561

secondary

#A3D2CD

accent

#D9CA4F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55561

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

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