#C55D3D#C55D3D

#C55D3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.141 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55D3D
RGB	rgb(197, 93, 61)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 39.25, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 54.36, 43.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1117 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.141 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7852, 20.0394, 6.8188)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55D3D #3DA5C5

analogous

#C53D61 #C55D3D #C5A13D

triadic

#C55D3D #3DC55D #5D3DC5

tetradic

#C55D3D #61C53D #3DA5C5 #A13DC5

square

#C55D3D #61C53D #3DA5C5 #A13DC5

split-complementary

#C55D3D #3DC5A1 #3D61C5

monochromatic

#68301F #98462D #C55D3D #D3846C #E1AC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C55D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C55D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55D3D

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55D3D	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)

#796E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 93, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.141 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d73',
    500: '#c55d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55d3d;
$custom-light: #dd8d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59999,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55D3D

secondary

#91BFCD

accent

#BBDD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55D3D

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

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