#C55D43#C55D43

#C55D43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.139 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55D43
RGB	rgb(197, 93, 67)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 39.59, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 52.45, 40.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.1138 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.139 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9560, 20.1077, 7.7181)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55D43 #43ABC5

analogous

#C5436A #C55D43 #C59E43

triadic

#C55D43 #43C55D #5D43C5

tetradic

#C55D43 #6AC543 #43ABC5 #9E43C5

square

#C55D43 #6AC543 #43ABC5 #9E43C5

split-complementary

#C55D43 #43C59E #436AC5

monochromatic

#6C3021 #9B4530 #C55D43 #D38572 #E2AEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C55D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C55D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55D43

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55D43	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 93, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.139 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d78',
    500: '#c55d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55d43;
$custom-light: #dd8d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60082,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55D43

secondary

#95C3CE

accent

#BFDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55D43

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

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