#C55840#C55840

#C55840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.145 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55840
RGB	rgb(197, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 41.91, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 54.52, 39.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.1204 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.145 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4437, 19.2234, 7.1148)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55840 #40ADC5

analogous

#C5406A #C55840 #C59A40

triadic

#C55840 #40C558 #5840C5

tetradic

#C55840 #6AC540 #40ADC5 #9A40C5

square

#C55840 #6AC540 #40ADC5 #9A40C5

split-complementary

#C55840 #40C59A #406AC5

monochromatic

#6A2E20 #99422F #C55840 #D3816F #E2AA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C55840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#C55840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55840

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55840	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)

#756B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.145 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8a75',
    500: '#c55840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55840;
$custom-light: #dd8a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.827,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59301,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55840

secondary

#93C3CE

accent

#C2DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55840

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

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