#C55E3D#C55E3D

#C55E3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.140 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E3D
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 61)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 38.74, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 54.16, 44.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% 0.1101 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.14 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8736, 20.2161, 6.8482)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E3D #3DA4C5

analogous

#C53D60 #C55E3D #C5A23D

triadic

#C55E3D #3DC55E #5E3DC5

tetradic

#C55E3D #60C53D #3DA4C5 #A23DC5

square

#C55E3D #60C53D #3DA4C5 #A23DC5

split-complementary

#C55E3D #3DC5A2 #3D60C5

monochromatic

#68311F #98472D #C55E3D #D3856C #E1AC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#C55E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C55E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E3D

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E3D	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	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)

#7A6E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.140 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e74',
    500: '#c55e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e3d;
$custom-light: #dd8e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.559,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6015,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E3D

secondary

#91BECD

accent

#BADD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E3D

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

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