#C55842#C55842

#C55842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.144 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55842
RGB	rgb(197, 88, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(10, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 42.02, 33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 53.92, 38.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1212 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.145 33)
XYZ	xyz(27.5016, 19.2466, 7.4199)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55842 #42AFC5

analogous

#C5426E #C55842 #C59942

triadic

#C55842 #42C558 #5842C5

tetradic

#C55842 #6EC542 #42AFC5 #9942C5

square

#C55842 #6EC542 #42AFC5 #9942C5

split-complementary

#C55842 #42C599 #426EC5

monochromatic

#6C2E21 #9A412F #C55842 #D38171 #E2ABA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C55842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C55842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55842

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55842	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 88, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.144 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8a77',
    500: '#c55842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55842;
$custom-light: #dd8a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.076,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5933,
    "c": 0.1445,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.19243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55842

secondary

#95C5CE

accent

#C4DC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55842

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

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