#C55E3C#C55E3C

#C55E3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.141 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E3C
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 60)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 38.69, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 54.49, 44.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1098 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.141 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8469, 20.2054, 6.7077)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E3C #3CA3C5

analogous

#C53C5E #C55E3C #C5A33C

triadic

#C55E3C #3CC55E #5E3CC5

tetradic

#C55E3C #5EC53C #3CA3C5 #A33CC5

square

#C55E3C #5EC53C #3CA3C5 #A33CC5

split-complementary

#C55E3C #3CC5A3 #3C5EC5

monochromatic

#68311F #97472D #C55E3C #D3856B #E1AC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C55E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C55E3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E3C

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E3C	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.141 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e73',
    500: '#c55e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e3c;
$custom-light: #dd8e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.891,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60137,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E3C

secondary

#90BECD

accent

#B9DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E3C

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

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