#C55D3B#C55D3B

#C55D3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.142 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55D3B
RGB	rgb(197, 93, 59)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, 39.14, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 55.02, 44.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.111 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.142 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7323, 20.0182, 6.5403)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55D3B #3BA3C5

analogous

#C53B5E #C55D3B #C5A23B

triadic

#C55D3B #3BC55D #5D3BC5

tetradic

#C55D3B #5EC53B #3BA3C5 #A23BC5

square

#C55D3B #5EC53B #3BA3C5 #A23BC5

split-complementary

#C55D3B #3BC5A2 #3B5EC5

monochromatic

#67301F #96472C #C55D3B #D3846A #E1AB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C55D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C55D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55D3B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55D3B	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 93, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.142 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d72',
    500: '#c55d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55d3b;
$custom-light: #dd8d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.783,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59973,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55D3B

secondary

#8FBECD

accent

#B9DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55D3B

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

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