#C55B39#C55B39

#C55B39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.144 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55B39
RGB	rgb(197, 91, 57)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, 40.04, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 56.09, 44.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1134 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.144 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5082, 19.6514, 6.2146)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55B39 #39A3C5

analogous

#C5395D #C55B39 #C5A139

triadic

#C55B39 #39C55B #5B39C5

tetradic

#C55B39 #5DC539 #39A3C5 #A139C5

square

#C55B39 #5DC539 #39A3C5 #A139C5

split-complementary

#C55B39 #39C5A1 #395DC5

monochromatic

#662F1E #96452B #C55B39 #D38268 #E1A997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#C55B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#C55B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55B39

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55B39	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 91, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.144 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c71',
    500: '#c55b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55b39;
$custom-light: #dd8c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.571,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59648,
    "c": 0.14427,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55B39

secondary

#8DBDCD

accent

#BADE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55B39

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

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