#C55853#C55853

#C55853 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.141 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55853
RGB	rgb(197, 88, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(3, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 57.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 43.17, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 49.56, 29.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.1277 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.141 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0794, 19.4777, 10.4628)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55853 #53C0C5

analogous

#C55387 #C55853 #C59153

triadic

#C55853 #53C558 #5853C5

tetradic

#C55853 #87C553 #53C0C5 #9153C5

square

#C55853 #87C553 #53C0C5 #9153C5

split-complementary

#C55853 #53C591 #5387C5

monochromatic

#762B28 #A43C37 #C55853 #D48481 #E4B1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C55853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C55853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55853

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55853	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 88, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.141 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8a83',
    500: '#c55853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55853;
$custom-light: #dc8a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.632,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59619,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55853

secondary

#A2D0D2

accent

#D3D94F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55853

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

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