#C55A3B#C55A3B

#C55A3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.145 H 36.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55A3B
RGB	rgb(197, 90, 59)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 40.64, 38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 55.64, 43.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.1156 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.145 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4742, 19.5019, 6.4543)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55A3B #3BA6C5

analogous

#C53B61 #C55A3B #C59F3B

triadic

#C55A3B #3BC55A #5A3BC5

tetradic

#C55A3B #61C53B #3BA6C5 #9F3BC5

square

#C55A3B #61C53B #3BA6C5 #9F3BC5

split-complementary

#C55A3B #3BC59F #3B61C5

monochromatic

#672F1F #96442C #C55A3B #D3826A #E1AA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C55A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C55A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55A3B

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55A3B	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)

#776C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 90, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.145 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8b72',
    500: '#c55a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55a3b;
$custom-light: #dd8b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.478,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59525,
    "c": 0.14458,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55A3B

secondary

#8FBFCD

accent

#BDDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55A3B

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

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