#C55E40#C55E40

#C55E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.139 H 37.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E40
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 38.91, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 53.18, 42.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1112 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.139 37)
XYZ	xyz(27.9566, 20.2493, 7.2858)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E40 #40A7C5

analogous

#C54064 #C55E40 #C5A040

triadic

#C55E40 #40C55E #5E40C5

tetradic

#C55E40 #64C540 #40A7C5 #A040C5

square

#C55E40 #64C540 #40A7C5 #A040C5

split-complementary

#C55E40 #40C5A0 #4064C5

monochromatic

#6A3120 #99472F #C55E40 #D3866F #E2AD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#C55E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#C55E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E40

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E40	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.139 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e76',
    500: '#c55e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e40;
$custom-light: #dd8e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.534,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6019,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.20246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E40

secondary

#93C1CE

accent

#BCDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E40

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

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