#C55C40#C55C40

#C55C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.141 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55C40
RGB	rgb(197, 92, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 39.92, 35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 53.61, 41.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1143 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.141 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7811, 19.8982, 7.2273)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55C40 #40A9C5

analogous

#C54066 #C55C40 #C59F40

triadic

#C55C40 #40C55C #5C40C5

tetradic

#C55C40 #66C540 #40A9C5 #9F40C5

square

#C55C40 #66C540 #40A9C5 #9F40C5

split-complementary

#C55C40 #40C59F #4066C5

monochromatic

#6A3020 #99452F #C55C40 #D3846F #E2AC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#C55C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#C55C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55C40

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55C40	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 92, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.141 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d76',
    500: '#c55c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55c40;
$custom-light: #dd8d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.632,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59889,
    "c": 0.14114,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55C40

secondary

#93C1CE

accent

#BEDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55C40

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

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