#C55856#C55856

#C55856 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.140 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55856
RGB	rgb(197, 88, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 43.41, 22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 48.95, 27.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1289 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.14 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1977, 19.5250, 11.0861)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55856 #56C3C5

analogous

#C5568B #C55856 #C58F56

triadic

#C55856 #56C558 #5856C5

tetradic

#C55856 #8BC556 #56C3C5 #8F56C5

square

#C55856 #8BC556 #56C3C5 #8F56C5

split-complementary

#C55856 #56C58F #568BC5

monochromatic

#782A29 #A53B39 #C55856 #D58584 #E4B2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C55856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C55856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55856

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55856	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 88, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.140 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8a85',
    500: '#c55856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55856;
$custom-light: #dc8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.081,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59678,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55856

secondary

#A4D2D3

accent

#D6D84F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55856

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

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