#C55A45#C55A45

#C55A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.142 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55A45
RGB	rgb(197, 90, 69)
HSL	hsl(10, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 41.22, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 52.55, 38.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.1192 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.142 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7588, 19.6157, 7.9535)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55A45 #45B0C5

analogous

#C54570 #C55A45 #C59A45

triadic

#C55A45 #45C55A #5A45C5

tetradic

#C55A45 #70C545 #45B0C5 #9A45C5

square

#C55A45 #70C545 #45B0C5 #9A45C5

split-complementary

#C55A45 #45C59A #4570C5

monochromatic

#6D2E22 #9C4231 #C55A45 #D48374 #E2ADA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#C55A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#C55A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55A45

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55A45	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)

#766C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 90, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.142 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8b79',
    500: '#c55a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55a45;
$custom-light: #dd8b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.844,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59667,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55A45

secondary

#97C6CF

accent

#C4DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55A45

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

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