#C55D40#C55D40

#C55D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.140 H 36.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55D40
RGB	rgb(197, 93, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 39.42, 36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 53.39, 42.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.1127 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.14 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8683, 20.0726, 7.2563)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55D40 #40A8C5

analogous

#C54065 #C55D40 #C59F40

triadic

#C55D40 #40C55D #5D40C5

tetradic

#C55D40 #65C540 #40A8C5 #9F40C5

square

#C55D40 #65C540 #40A8C5 #9F40C5

split-complementary

#C55D40 #40C59F #4065C5

monochromatic

#6A3020 #99462F #C55D40 #D3856F #E2AD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C55D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C55D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55D40

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55D40	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)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 93, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.140 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d76',
    500: '#c55d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55d40;
$custom-light: #dd8d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.083,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60039,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55D40

secondary

#93C1CE

accent

#BDDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55D40

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

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