#C55845#C55845

#C55845 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.144 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55845
RGB	rgb(197, 88, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 42.21, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 53.05, 37.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.1223 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.144 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5924, 19.2829, 7.8980)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55845 #45B2C5

analogous

#C54572 #C55845 #C59845

triadic

#C55845 #45C558 #5845C5

tetradic

#C55845 #72C545 #45B2C5 #9845C5

square

#C55845 #72C545 #45B2C5 #9845C5

split-complementary

#C55845 #45C598 #4572C5

monochromatic

#6D2D22 #9C4131 #C55845 #D48274 #E2ACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C55845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#C55845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55845

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55845	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 88, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.144 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8a79',
    500: '#c55845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55845;
$custom-light: #dd8a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.906,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59376,
    "c": 0.14371,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55845

secondary

#97C7CF

accent

#C7DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55845

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

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