#C55B59#C55B59

#C55B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.136 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55B59
RGB	rgb(197, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 42.17, 21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 47.43, 27.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.1254 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.136 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5725, 20.0771, 11.8199)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55B59 #59C3C5

analogous

#C5598D #C55B59 #C59159

triadic

#C55B59 #59C55B #5B59C5

tetradic

#C55B59 #8DC559 #59C3C5 #9159C5

square

#C55B59 #8DC559 #59C3C5 #9159C5

split-complementary

#C55B59 #59C591 #598DC5

monochromatic

#792C2A #A73C3A #C55B59 #D58886 #E5B5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C55B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C55B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55B59

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55B59	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.136 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8c88',
    500: '#c55b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55b59;
$custom-light: #db8c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.111,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60171,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55B59

secondary

#A7D2D3

accent

#D5D850

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55B59

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

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