#C55949#C55949

#C55949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.142 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55949
RGB	rgb(197, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 41.97, 30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 51.68, 35.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.1223 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.142 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8034, 19.4995, 8.6017)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55949 #49B5C5

analogous

#C54977 #C55949 #C59749

triadic

#C55949 #49C559 #5949C5

tetradic

#C55949 #77C549 #49B5C5 #9749C5

square

#C55949 #77C549 #49B5C5 #9749C5

split-complementary

#C55949 #49C597 #4977C5

monochromatic

#702E24 #9E4032 #C55949 #D48377 #E3AEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C55949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C55949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55949

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55949	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#756C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.142 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8b7c',
    500: '#c55949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55949;
$custom-light: #dc8b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59585,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55949

secondary

#9AC9D0

accent

#C9DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55949

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

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