#C55566#C55566

#C55566 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.144 H 13.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55566
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 102)
HSL	hsl(351, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(351, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 48.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 46.25, 12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 47.99, 15.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.1398 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.144 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6748, 19.3299, 14.7888)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55566 #55C5B4

analogous

#C5559E #C55566 #C57C55

triadic

#C55566 #66C555 #5566C5

tetradic

#C55566 #9EC555 #55C5B4 #7C55C5

square

#C55566 #9EC555 #55C5B4 #7C55C5

split-complementary

#C55566 #55C57C #559EC5

monochromatic

#772934 #A53849 #C55566 #D5838F #E4B0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C55566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#C55566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55566

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55566	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6C66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6465C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.144 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8991',
    500: '#c55566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55566;
$custom-light: #db8991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.893,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59616,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55566

secondary

#A3D2CB

accent

#D9C44F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55566

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

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