#C55859#C55859

#C55859 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.140 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55859
RGB	rgb(197, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(359, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, 43.65, 20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 48.41, 25.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1301 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.14 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3211, 19.5744, 11.7361)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55859 #58C5C4

analogous

#C5588F #C55859 #C58D58

triadic

#C55859 #59C558 #5859C5

tetradic

#C55859 #8FC558 #58C5C4 #8D58C5

square

#C55859 #8FC558 #58C5C4 #8D58C5

split-complementary

#C55859 #58C58D #588FC5

monochromatic

#792A2B #A63A3B #C55859 #D58586 #E5B3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#C55859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C55859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55859

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55859	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.140 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8b87',
    500: '#c55859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55859;
$custom-light: #dc8b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.45,
    "s": 48.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59739,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55859

secondary

#A6D3D3

accent

#D8D750

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55859

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

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