#C55939#C55939

#C55939 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.146 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55939
RGB	rgb(197, 89, 57)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 41.04, 38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 56.50, 43.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.1164 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.146 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3395, 19.3140, 6.1584)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55939 #39A5C5

analogous

#C5395F #C55939 #C59F39

triadic

#C55939 #39C559 #5939C5

tetradic

#C55939 #5FC539 #39A5C5 #9F39C5

square

#C55939 #5FC539 #39A5C5 #9F39C5

split-complementary

#C55939 #39C59F #395FC5

monochromatic

#662E1E #96442B #C55939 #D38068 #E1A897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C55939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#C55939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55939

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55939	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)

#766B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 89, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.146 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8b71',
    500: '#c55939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55939;
$custom-light: #dd8b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.714,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59353,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55939

secondary

#8DBECD

accent

#BCDE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55939

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

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