#C55642#C55642

#C55642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.147 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55642
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 43.00, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 54.41, 37.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.1242 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.147 32)
XYZ	xyz(27.3397, 18.9227, 7.3660)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55642 #42B1C5

analogous

#C54270 #C55642 #C59742

triadic

#C55642 #42C556 #5642C5

tetradic

#C55642 #70C542 #42B1C5 #9742C5

square

#C55642 #70C542 #42B1C5 #9742C5

split-complementary

#C55642 #42C597 #4270C5

monochromatic

#6C2C21 #9A402F #C55642 #D38071 #E2AAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C55642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#C55642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55642

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55642	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.147 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8977',
    500: '#c55642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55642;
$custom-light: #dd8977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.16,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59044,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.18919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55642

secondary

#95C5CE

accent

#C6DC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55642

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

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