#C55950#C55950

#C55950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.140 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55950
RGB	rgb(197, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 59.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 42.46, 26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 49.92, 31.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.125 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.14 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0487, 19.5977, 9.8935)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55950 #50BCC5

analogous

#C55082 #C55950 #C59350

triadic

#C55950 #50C559 #5950C5

tetradic

#C55950 #82C550 #50BCC5 #9350C5

square

#C55950 #82C550 #50BCC5 #9350C5

split-complementary

#C55950 #50C593 #5082C5

monochromatic

#742C26 #A23E36 #C55950 #D4857E #E3B0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#C55950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#C55950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55950

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55950	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F834E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.140 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8b81',
    500: '#c55950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55950;
$custom-light: #dc8b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59706,
    "c": 0.14015,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55950

secondary

#A0CDD1

accent

#CFDA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55950

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

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