#C55656#C55656

#C55656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.143 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55656
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 44.38, 22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 49.60, 26.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.1319 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.143 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0358, 19.2012, 11.0321)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55656 #56C5C5

analogous

#C5568D #C55656 #C58D56

triadic

#C55656 #56C556 #5656C5

tetradic

#C55656 #8DC556 #56C5C5 #8D56C5

square

#C55656 #8DC556 #56C5C5 #8D56C5

split-complementary

#C55656 #56C58D #568DC5

monochromatic

#782929 #A53939 #C55656 #D58484 #E4B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C55656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#C55656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55656

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55656	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.143 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8985',
    500: '#c55656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55656;
$custom-light: #dc8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59395,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55656

secondary

#A4D3D3

accent

#D8D84F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55656

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

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