#C55657#C55657

#C55657 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.143 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55657
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 44.46, 21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 49.42, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.1323 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.143 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0764, 19.2174, 11.2458)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55657 #56C5C4

analogous

#C5568F #C55657 #C58C56

triadic

#C55657 #57C556 #5657C5

tetradic

#C55657 #8FC556 #56C5C4 #8C56C5

square

#C55657 #8FC556 #56C5C4 #8C56C5

split-complementary

#C55657 #56C58C #568FC5

monochromatic

#78292A #A5393A #C55657 #D58484 #E4B1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C55657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#C55657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55657

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55657	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)

#706B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.143 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8986',
    500: '#c55657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55657;
$custom-light: #dc8986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.459,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59416,
    "c": 0.14259,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55657

secondary

#A4D3D2

accent

#D8D74F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55657

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

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